Burroughs B1700.
Content created 3 Feb 2001
I picked up the book FORTRAN IV For Business and General Applications by Harice L. Seeds, published 1975 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc at a library booksale. It has some spectacularly dated pictures. But folks today tend to forget that computers were once huge, and had less processing power than your washing machine. So here's what real computers looked like.
If anyone wants this book (my FORTRAN days are over) please e-mail me.
Burroughs B1700.
CMC5, key-to-disk data entry system. Loading the disk at supervisor's console.
CMC5, key-to-disk data entry system. Entering data for disk at supervisor's console.
FORTRAN IV is now available in an interactive version for computer terminal use.
IBM 1403 line printer.
Loading magnetic tape on an IBM 2415 tape unit.
IBM 29 Keypunch. Commonly use to prepare FORTRAN instructions (and data) for computer.
IBM S/360 model 30, CPU console.
NCR Century 300 with magnetic disks, magnetic tape, and printer.
Trendata 1000 computer terminal. FORTRAN can now be an interactive language.
Xerox 530 with magnetic tape and printer.
