Because somebody mentioned RAMAC in a thread, I dug out something my father gave me awhile back, the 25th Anniverary Edition of the 'IBM Journal of Research and Development' a thich issue published in September 1981. It is mostly made up of historical articles. In particular there is a 'survey' article 'The Architecture of IBM's Early Computers' which is a technical comparison of all IBM Computers from 1949 to 1964. It discusses the 701, 702, 650, 1401 series, and RAMAC and Stretch. It's not a long article (13 pages) but is rich in technical descriptions. Is this article already available somewhere online? The copyright notice says 'Copying is permitted without payment of royalty provided that (1) each reproduction is done without alteration and (2) the Journal reference and IBM copyright notice are included on the first page' Should I scan this article? Where should it be made available? (i.e. where should I upload it?) ----- Really, paging through the whole journal (it's very thick), it should ALL be made available somewhere, if it isn't already. There is TONS of fairly rich historical info in it. Main sections include: System Architecture and Development Software Technology Component Development and Manufacturing Technology Magnetic Recording Technology Printing Technology IBM Scientific Contributions There are articles covering the history of the development of Magnetic Tape Storage, the disk drive, programming languages, the typewriter, etc. It's about 500 pages in all. Is anybody interested in carefully scanning the whole thing? I could be persuaded to loan it to somebody active on the list (where 'peer credibility' would guarantee it's return to me) who wants to scan it to share, and who would return it intact.

Because somebody mentioned RAMAC in a thread, I dug out something my father gave me awhile back, the 25th Anniverary Edition of the 'IBM Journal of Research and Development' a thich issue published in September 1981. It is mostly made up of historical articles. In particular there is a 'survey' article 'The Architecture of IBM's Early Computers' which is a technical comparison of all IBM Computers from 1949 to 1964. It discusses the 701, 702, 650, 1401 series, and RAMAC and Stretch. It's not a long article (13 pages) but is rich in technical descriptions. Is this article already available somewhere online? The copyright notice says 'Copying is permitted without payment of royalty provided that (1) each reproduction is done without alteration and (2) the Journal reference and IBM copyright notice are included on the first page' Should I scan this article? Where should it be made available? (i.e. where should I upload it?) ----- Really, paging through the whole journal (it's very thick), it should ALL be made available somewhere, if it isn't already. There is TONS of fairly rich historical info in it. Main sections include: System Architecture and Development Software Technology Component Development and Manufacturing Technology Magnetic Recording Technology Printing Technology IBM Scientific Contributions There are articles covering the history of the development of Magnetic Tape Storage, the disk drive, programming languages, the typewriter, etc. It's about 500 pages in all. Is anybody interested in carefully scanning the whole thing? I could be persuaded to loan it to somebody active on the list (where 'peer credibility' would guarantee it's return to me) who wants to scan it to share, and who would return it intact.