IBM 305 RAMAC

By admin , 15 December 2015
305 RAMAC
Description

Introduced in 1956, the IBM 305 RAMAC (Random Access Memory Accounting System) was an electronic general purpose data processing machine that maintained business records on a real-time basis. The 305 RAMAC was one of the last vacuum tube systems designed by IBM, and more than 1,000 of them were built before production ended in 1961.

Year First Manufactured
1956

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