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    From Thomas Koenig@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 30 14:31:02 2025
    That one is really good:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkdyAPAkQLY

    It shows their commercial computers (I didn't know they had a sort
    of networking in 1955, they remotely duplicated punched cards for
    orders, inventory etc) and the 650, but also the 701. It is also
    interesting what people wore to work on those days. But then again,
    I only stopped wearing a tie to work around 2010 or so, probably
    later than most people.

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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to Thomas Koenig on Fri May 30 15:49:36 2025
    Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> writes:
    That one is really good:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkdyAPAkQLY

    It shows their commercial computers (I didn't know they had a sort
    of networking in 1955, they remotely duplicated punched cards for
    orders, inventory etc) and the 650, but also the 701. It is also
    interesting what people wore to work on those days. But then again,
    I only stopped wearing a tie to work around 2010 or so, probably
    later than most people.

    IBM was known as the grey-suit brigade into the early 90s.

    Here's the burrough 260 (1962):


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CflKTMT_M78

    And the B5000 (I worked in that plant in the 80s):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3q5n1mR9iM

    And the B5500

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KswWJ6zvBUs

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  • From Thomas Koenig@21:1/5 to Scott Lurndal on Fri May 30 17:47:54 2025
    Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> schrieb:
    Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> writes:
    That one is really good:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkdyAPAkQLY

    It shows their commercial computers (I didn't know they had a sort
    of networking in 1955, they remotely duplicated punched cards for
    orders, inventory etc) and the 650, but also the 701. It is also >>interesting what people wore to work on those days. But then again,
    I only stopped wearing a tie to work around 2010 or so, probably
    later than most people.

    IBM was known as the grey-suit brigade into the early 90s.

    Not all of them were wearing grey suits, also some brown and
    blue :-)


    But, quoting "A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of
    Programming Languages":

    # 1957 - John Backus and IBM create FORTRAN. There's nothing funny
    # about IBM or FORTRAN. It is a syntax error to write FORTRAN while
    # not wearing a blue tie.

    Here's the burrough 260 (1962):


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CflKTMT_M78

    And the B5000 (I worked in that plant in the 80s):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3q5n1mR9iM

    And the B5500

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KswWJ6zvBUs

    Thanks for the links!

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  • From EricP@21:1/5 to Scott Lurndal on Fri May 30 17:35:55 2025
    On 2025-05-30 11:49, Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> writes:
    That one is really good:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkdyAPAkQLY

    It shows their commercial computers (I didn't know they had a sort
    of networking in 1955, they remotely duplicated punched cards for
    orders, inventory etc) and the 650, but also the 701. It is also
    interesting what people wore to work on those days. But then again,
    I only stopped wearing a tie to work around 2010 or so, probably
    later than most people.

    IBM was known as the grey-suit brigade into the early 90s.

    Here's the burrough 260 (1962):


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CflKTMT_M78

    And the B5000 (I worked in that plant in the 80s):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3q5n1mR9iM

    And the B5500

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KswWJ6zvBUs


    Dr Who (Tom Baker) and Romana-2 (Lala Ward)
    do Prime Computer ads in 1970's.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJeu3LCo-6A

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  • From MitchAlsup1@21:1/5 to EricP on Fri May 30 23:02:29 2025
    On Fri, 30 May 2025 21:35:55 +0000, EricP wrote:

    On 2025-05-30 11:49, Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> writes:
    That one is really good:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkdyAPAkQLY

    It shows their commercial computers (I didn't know they had a sort
    of networking in 1955, they remotely duplicated punched cards for
    orders, inventory etc) and the 650, but also the 701. It is also
    interesting what people wore to work on those days. But then again,
    I only stopped wearing a tie to work around 2010 or so, probably
    later than most people.

    IBM was known as the grey-suit brigade into the early 90s.

    Here's the burrough 260 (1962):


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CflKTMT_M78

    And the B5000 (I worked in that plant in the 80s):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3q5n1mR9iM

    And the B5500

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KswWJ6zvBUs


    Dr Who (Tom Baker) and Romana-2 (Lala Ward)
    do Prime Computer ads in 1970's.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJeu3LCo-6A

    That is hilarious !!

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to EricP on Sat May 31 04:16:24 2025
    On Fri, 30 May 2025 17:35:55 -0400, EricP wrote:

    Dr Who (Tom Baker) and Romana-2 (Lala Ward) do Prime Computer ads in
    1970's.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJeu3LCo-6A

    So much for those “Block Transfer Computations” that were apparently too complex to be done by any mere machine ... ;)

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