23 Oct
2010
23 Oct
'10
1:03 p.m.
From: Charlie Carothers <csquared3 at tx.rr.com>
According to this:
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/650/650_ch1.html the first
650 was installed at a customer site in December, 1954.
Indeed but when was the machine which is working first? The 'Mini' car was first
sold in 1959 but some are older than others, indeed a car of the same name is still in
production. I'm now after the oldest ten working stored program computers. I'd
also be interested in the oldest working stored program computers with core memory.
Thank you very much for your efforts.
I thought this was pretty interesting as well:
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_FT1.html
It indicates the 701 was around in 1952. I'm not sure if you want to
limit your list to core memory or not. It appears that the 701's
internal memory consisted of a drum and a CRT. In any case, I need to
waste a lot more time exploring these pages. :-)
Later,
Charlie C.
That is a great find. It even includes the first machine I ever wrote a program for, the
IBM 7094 (in Fortran IV using the Purdue University Fast Fortran Translator).
I too will have to crawl around the tree and hopefully learn more about the early IBM
machines.