26 May
2005
26 May
'05
7:15 p.m.
On Thursday 26 May 2005 18:29, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Thu, 26 May 2005, Eric Smith wrote:
> spare40tire wrote:
> > IBM did have a drum based machine before the 305 Ramac.
> > I believe the model # was 650 and was also known as a 650 Ramac.
>
> I don't think it was known as a RAMAC. Maybe some people called it
> that *after* the introduction of the 305 and 350.
The IBM 650 did have a RAMAC option. IIRC, Ampex Corporation had an IBM 650/w
RAMAC in 1961 (I visited Ampex at that time and saw it running ;-)
It WAS called a 650 RAMAC...
See: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/650/650_tr2.html
Cheers,
Lyle
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