Hardware
| Name Sort descending | Description |
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| IBM 705 Data Processing System | The IBM 705 was one of the most powerful data processing systems available in the mid-1950s. Operating according to detailed instructions called a program, the 705's electronic circuits performed… |
| IBM 7070 Data Processing System | IBM 7070 was a decimal architecture intermediate data processing system that was introduced by IBM in June 1960. It was part of the IBM 700/7000 series, and was based on discrete transistors… |
| IBM 7072 Data Processing System | The IBM 700/7000 series was a series of large-scale (mainframe) computer systems made by IBM through the 1950s and early 1960s. The series included several different, incompatible processor… |
| IBM 7074 Data Processing System | The IBM 700/7000 series was a series of large-scale (mainframe) computer systems made by IBM through the 1950s and early 1960s. The series included several different, incompatible processor… |
| IBM 7080 Data Processing System | The IBM 7080 was a variable word length BCD transistor computer in the IBM 700/7000 series commercial architecture line, introduced in August 1961, that provided an upgrade path from the vacuum… |
| IBM 709 Data Processing System | The IBM 709 Data Processing System was a large, general purpose digital computer designed to solve complex problems in areas of commercial and scientific interest. Large volume and extremely rapid… |
| IBM 7090 Data Processing System | The solid-state IBM 7090 is the most powerful data processing system now coming off production lines at International Business Machines Corporation. The fully-transistorized system has computing… |
| IBM 7094 Data Processing System | Built for large-scale scientific computing, the IBM 7094 Data Processing System featured outstanding price/performance and expanded computing power. Compatible with the IBM 7090, the… |
| IBM 7094 II Data Processing System | In April 1964, the first 7094 II was installed, which had almost twice as much general speed as the 7090 due to a faster clock cycle, dual memory banks and improved overlap of instruction… |
| IBM 71 Vertical Sorter | Introduced in 1928, the IBM Type 71 automatically grouped cards of similar classification and at the same time arranged such classifications in a numerical sequence. It was equipped with 12… |
| IBM 716 Printer | The IBM 716, used for printing the answers from problems calculated on the 701 Data Processing System, was formally announced on May 21, 1952. It could print 150 lines of numeric, alphabetic or… |
| IBM 726 Magnetic Tape Reader/Recorder | The IBM 726 dual magnetic tape reader/recorder for the IBM 701 was announced on May 21, 1952. Unlike later IBM 7 track drives, the 726 could read backwards as well as forwards.The tape had seven… |
| IBM 727 Magnetic Tape Unit | The IBM 727 Magnetic Tape Unit was announced for the IBM 701 and IBM 702 on September 25, 1953. It became IBM's standard tape drive for their early vacuum tube era computer systems. Later vacuum… |
| IBM 728 Magnetic Tape Drive | The IBM 728 magnetic tape drive was used on the SAGE AN/FSQ-7 computer. It was physically similar to the IBM 727, but with significantly different specifications. |
| IBM 729 Magnetic Tape Unit | The IBM 729 Magnetic Tape Unit was IBM's iconic tape mass storage system from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s. Part of the IBM 7 track family of tape units, it was used on late 700, most 7000… |
| IBM 7302 Core Storage | The IBM 7302 Core Storage unit was designed in 1957-1958 for the IBM 7030 (Stretch). The IBM 7030 could use from one to sixteen IBM 7302s (typically six); either individually or in interleaved… |
| IBM 737 Magnetic Core Storage Unit | The IBM 737 was formally announced on October 1, 1954. Users of the IBM 701 Data Processing System could specify the 737 in lieu of the IBM 706 Electrostatic Storage Unit to gain the advantage of… |
| IBM 740 Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Output Recorder | Formally announced on October 12, 1954, the 740 CRT output recorder was an electronic device attached to the IBM 701 Data Processing System. It provided output which recorded data points on the… |
| IBM 7700 Data Acquisition System | The IBM 7700 Data Acquisition System was announced by IBM on December 2, 1963.IBM 7700 Data Acquisition SystemIt was capable of collecting data from as many as 32 sources simultaneously, process… |
| IBM 7950 Harvest | The IBM 7950, also known as Harvest, was a one-of-a-kind adjunct to the Stretch computer which was installed at the US National Security Agency (NSA). Built by IBM, it was delivered in 1962 and… |
| IBM 805 IBM Test Scoring Machine | IBM announced the Type 805 Test Scoring Machine in 1938. Tests to be scored by the machine were answered by marking spaces on separate answer sheets which had a capacity of 750 response positions… |
| IBM 805 Test Scoring Machine | IBM announced the Type 805 Test Scoring Machine in 1938. Tests to be scored by the machine were answered by marking spaces on separate answer sheets which had a capacity of 750 response positions… |
| IBM 8100 | The IBM 8100 was at one time IBM's principal distributed processing engine, providing local processing capability under two incompatible operating systems (DPPX and DPCX) and was follow-on to IBM… |
| IBM 826 Printing Card Keypunch | The IBM 826 used an IBM 026 Keypunch. |
| IBM 838 Inquiry Station | The IBM 838 placed facts stored in the 650's disk storage at the user's fingertips. The inquiry station transmitted requests for specific information, such as the status of an account, to disk… |
| IBM 9020 | The IBM 9020 refers to IBM System/360-family computers adapted into a multiprocessor system for use by the U.S. FAA for en route Air Traffic Control in its 20 Air Route Traffic Control Centers… |
| IBM AN/FSQ-7 | The AN/FSQ-7 was a computer model developed and built in the 1950s by IBM in partnership with the US Air Force. Fifty-two were built and used for command and control functions for the Semi… |
| IBM ASCI White | ASCI White was a supercomputer at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in California. It was a computer cluster based on IBM's commercial RS/6000 SP computer. 512 of these machines were… |
| IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator | The IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC), called the Mark I by Harvard University, was an electro-mechanical computer.The electromechanical ASCC was devised by Howard H. Aiken,… |
| IBM Blue Gene | The first computer in the Blue Gene series, Blue Gene/L, developed through a partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), originally had a theoretical peak performance of 360… |
| IBM Blue Gene | On June 26, 2007, IBM unveiled Blue Gene/P, the second generation of the Blue Gene supercomputer and designed through a collaboration that included IBM, LLNL, and Argonne National Laboratory's… |
| IBM Blue Gene | The last known supercomputer design in the Blue Gene series, Blue Gene/Q was aimed to reach 20 Petaflops in the 2011 time frame, but has slipped to 2012. It continues to expand and enhance the… |
| IBM Card-Programmed Electronic Calculator | The IBM Card-Programmed Electronic Calculator was announced in May 1949 as a versatile general purpose computer designed to perform any predetermined sequence of arithmetical operations coded on… |
| IBM Deep Blue (Chess Computer) | Deep Blue was a chess-playing computer developed by IBM. On May 11, 1997, the machine won a six-game match by two wins to one with three draws against world champion Garry Kasparov. Kasparov… |
| IBM Displaywriter | IBM's Office Products Division announced the Displaywriter in June 1980 as an easy-to-use, low-cost desktop text processing system. The Displaywriter System enabled operators to produce high… |
| IBM Electromatic Table Printing Machine | The IBM Electromatic Table Printing Machine was a typesetting-quality printer, consisting of a modified IBM Electromatic Proportional Spacing Typewriter connected to a modified IBM 016 keypunch. A… |
| IBM ESA/390 (Enterprise Systems Architecture/390) | ESA/390 (Enterprise Systems Architecture/390) was introduced in September 1990 and is IBM's last 31-bit-address/32-bit-data mainframe computing design, copied by Amdahl, Hitachi, and Fujitsu… |
| IBM JX Personal Computer | The IBM JX (or JXPC) was a personal computer released in 1984 into the Japanese, Australian and New Zealand markets. Designed in Japan, it was based on the technology of the IBM PCjr and was… |
| IBM Model 01 Electric Typewriter | In 1933 IBM acquired the tools, patents and production facilities of Electromatic Typewriters, Inc., of Rochester, N.Y. In the year following the acquisition, IBM invested more than $1 million to… |
| IBM Model 3081 Processor Complex | The IBM 3081 Processor Complex is a cost-effective growth solution for users who require the power and performance of a large data processing system. Three versions of the 3081, Model Groups D, G… |
| IBM Model B Typewriter | Fifty years ago IBM introduced the Model B Standard and Model B Executive Typewriters. Both machines featured cushioned carriage return, electric ribbon rewind, changeable typebars and pastel… |
| IBM Model C Executive Typewriter | In January 1959, the IBM Model C Typewriter and the IBM Model C Executive Typewriter with 28 new features introduce more productivity enhancements, including personal touch control. A quarter… |
| IBM Model D Electric Typewriter | The machine is from 1970, and has typical 1970s features, such as the Selectric styled keyboard. It offers half spacing (by holding down one of the buttons above the keyboard), and typematic… |
| IBM Multiprise 3000 | As of late 2006, IBM's Multiprise 3000, having the product number 7060, is physically the smallest mainframe, introduced in 1999 and still in common use (HxWxD are 82 x 52 x 111 cm). It uses a… |
| IBM Naval Ordnance Research Calculator | The IBM Naval Ordnance Research Calculator (NORC) was a one-of-a-kind first-generation (vacuum tube) electronic computer built by IBM for the United States Navy's Bureau of Ordnance. It went into… |
| IBM PC Convertible | The IBM PC Convertible, released April 3, 1986, was IBM's first laptop computer and was also the first IBM computer to utilize the 3.5" floppy disk which went on to become the standard. Like… |
| IBM PCjr | The IBM PCjr (read "PC junior") was IBM's first attempt to enter the home computer market. The PCjr, IBM model number 4860, retained the IBM PC's 8088 CPU and BIOS interface for compatibility, but… |
| IBM Personal Computer | The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150, and was introduced on… |
| IBM Personal Computer XT | The IBM Personal Computer XT, often shortened to the IBM XT, PC XT, or simply XT, was IBM's successor to the original IBM PC. It was released as IBM Machine Type number 5160 on March 8, 1983, and… |
| IBM Personal Computer XT/286 | In 1986, the XT 286 (IBM 5162) with a 6 MHz Intel 80286 processor was introduced. However, this system turned out to be faster than the ATs of the time using 8 MHz 286 processors because the XT… |
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