26 Jan
2017
26 Jan
'17
7:08 p.m.
On 01/26/2017 06:49 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
IBM generally didn't consider a data processing
system to have
"shipped" until it passed the field acceptance criteria, e.g.,
assembled on-site and passed diagnostics. Perhaps the 7070 didn't
pass acceptance testing until April 1960?
Does IBM retain a corporate archivist on staff? That might be a resource.
I do get the idea that the 7070, designed as a replacement for the 650,
was a machine that IBM probably would like to forget.
--Chuck