6 Nov
2005
6 Nov
'05
2:23 p.m.
Not sure if spooling was the designed purpose of the
1401, but there was an
official IBM acronym for the 1401-7090 type combination. But there were
plenty of standalone 1401's.
The 1400 series was specifically designed to clear out a bunch of the
older, hard to maintain, unit record equipment. Use as an effective
sidekick for some of the 7000 series was a happy surprise for IBM.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org