ibm 701 computer. the 701 installation at general motors research laboratories. (courtesy george f....

IBM 701 COMPUTER

The 701 installation at General Motors Research Laboratories. (Courtesy George F. Ryckman.)

IBM 701 COMPUTER

IBM 701 COMPUTER

CPC IBM Card Programmed Calculator

$1800/month150 three-address instructions per minute.

IBM 701$18000/month

100X FASTER

IBM 701 COMPUTER

first stored-program machine installed in GM.

• Torsional vibration studies,

• advanced bearing-load calculations,

• propeller design and data reduction,

• harmonic analysis with feedback

checking,

• automatic-advance cams on distributors,

• pump pressure-wave analysis,

• Turbine blade properties,

• fatigue-data analysis,

• hypoid gear design.

IBM 701 COMPUTER

750,000 hourly employment force

actuarial and statistical

IBM 701 COMPUTER

BUT MTBF=3.5h

cathode-ray-tube electro static main memory

IBM 701 COMPUTER

Regional Assembly Language

SPEEDCODE ACOM

transformed the address fixed-point arithmetic machine into a stream-lined three-address floating-point system.

IBM 701 COMPUTER

“compilers”macroprocessorsREAD&PRINT

IBM 701 COMPUTER

1955

INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM

IBM 701 COMPUTER