6 Nov
2005
6 Nov
'05
3:19 p.m.
On 11/6/2005 at 5:23 PM William Donzelli wrote:
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.
Ironic, in the sense that I knew of several trade schools who were still
teaching how to program a 407 accounting machine and 514 reproducing punch
plugboards long after most 1401's had hit the scrap pile. I think a lot of
places kept the 407's around just to do 80-80 listings.
The 407 was a pretty neat box for a piece of unit record equipment.
Cheers,
Chuck