Ibm 7070 Mainframe Computer System (1960)

Synopsis

This (silent) 1960 film shows an IBM 7070 mainframe computer system in operation, running program to calculate customer billing for a utility (e.g., gas or oil). Introduced in 1958, the Model 7070 was IBM’s first fully transistorized stored program computer. It was part of the 700/7000 series. It used a total of about 30,000 alloy-junction germanium transistors and 22,000 germanium diodes, on approximately 14,000 SMS cards. “SMS” stands for “Standard Modular System.” Each SMS card was a…

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Running time

10 minutes

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