We now have a lighted sign outside our new room.
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The picture below is of a sign that shows an IBM 1401 in use.
This sign is 10 feet wide and 40 feet tall.
You have to stand close to the sign and look up to see the rest of the sign!
And as if that was not enough, they painted 1401 on the wall in large numbers.
As you enter the room, the whole left wall is a picture of an IBM data center in Toronto Canada.
An IBM 1401 is shown on the left side of the image.
And in case you did not know why you were in the room.....
One of the signs on the back wall talking about the beginning of the IBM 1401
More information about the IBM 1401
A tribute to the volunteers that brought the machines back to life.
The top picture is that of Bob Erickson fixing a very small wire in a bank of 1401 memory.
A private demonstration was held by Robert Garner, Ed Thelen and Stan Paddock for the VIP 1401 visitors and their families in the new room on Sunday night, November 17, 2013.
The list of people visiting is as follows
Jim J Ingram
Jim H Ingram
Kate Ingram
Jud McCarthy
David Schwaderer
Scott Bellefleur
Chuck Branscomb
Tia Branscomb
Chuck Branscomb
Andy Branscomb
Debbie Branscomb
Rick Johnson
Eric Branscomb
Ruth Randa
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I worked at IBM's downtown Toronto Datacentre from 1963 through 1973, writing and maintaining programs in 1401 Autocoder, then programs in Assembler and COBOL for the new System/360 computers.
ReplyDeleteI retain a profound fondness for the 1401, and use a 1401 simulator from time to time to solve problems that are best tackled with a variable-word-length computer, a rare device in today's computer-filled world.