18 Nov
2008
18 Nov
'08
9:59 p.m.
Google has archived the LIFE photo collection. There is much to be
mined here, like this extremely serious business:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=ibm+source:life&imgurl=97ab81b…
19 Nov
19 Nov
12:23 a.m.
Jason T wrote:
Google has archived the LIFE photo collection. There is much to be
mined here, like this extremely serious business:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=ibm+source:life&imgurl=97ab81b…
No tagline/description? Guess the machine?
IO channel control units in front left?
CPU console centre rear?
IBM 70x0 something machine?
1:05 a.m.
Jason T wrote:
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Brent Hilpert <hilpert at cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
Yes, I did find that, they're a little bit better for some of the other photos.
No tagline/description? Guess the machine?
Clicking "Back to image details" brings you back to the LIFE caption,
although it's not very helpful in answering any of those questions. 
1:04 a.m.
On 18 Nov 2008 at 21:23, Brent Hilpert wrote:
Jason T wrote:
The console behind the desk? Yeah, looks like a 7090 to me.
Ed Thielen's census of 7090 installations pretty much confirms it:
http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL61-ibm7070.html
Cheers,
Chuck
Google has archived the LIFE photo collection. There is much to be
mined here, like this extremely serious business:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=ibm+source:life&imgurl=97ab81b…
No tagline/description? Guess the machine?
IO channel control units in front left?
CPU console centre rear?
IBM 70x0 something machine? 
12:49 p.m.
In article <51ea77730811181859u16d8efcdyc1ddad898dcf1307 at mail.gmail.com>,
"Jason T" <silent700 at gmail.com> writes:
Google has archived the LIFE photo collection.
Thanks for this tip... there's lots of nice SAGE photos in that
collection.
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2:54 p.m.
On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:59:32 -0600, Jason T wrote:
Google has archived the LIFE photo collection. There
is much to be
mined here, like this extremely serious business:
IBM 527 High-Speed Punches can be seen in both the forground and background on the right
side.
First introduced with the 604, these two have the later style logo/mastheads.
Bob
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