The IBM 704 World: Vacuum Tubes and Punch Cards

The machines FORTRAN was born on — period 1950s films of the 704, 701, 705, 650 and RAMAC, from the NASA Vanguard computing room to Endicott on Walter Cronkite.

Playlist by @birth_of_fortran

11 tracks, shared on Audicious.

  1. Computer History 1954 - IBM 704 vacuum tube based computer (floating point, scientific, mainframe) — Computer History Archives Project ("CHAP")
  2. NASA Computers 1957-1959 IBM 704 - VANGUARD SATELLITE Launch "Science in Space" (Burroughs Datatron) — Computer History Archives Project ("CHAP")
  3. Alex Bernstein at the IBM 704 — TopeTroncho
  4. Alex Bernstein vs IBM 704 — Compujedrez
  5. IBM History NY 1956 ENDICOTT POUGHKEEPSIE, build IBM 650, 705 Mainframe Computer, Walter Cronkite — Computer History Archives Project ("CHAP")
  6. 1956 IBM 650 RAMAC IBM Archives VTI AK49 — Hursley Museum
  7. Computer History IBM 305 RAMAC and 650 RAMAC, 1956 (350 Disk Storage) — Computer History Archives Project ("CHAP")
  8. IBM Films RAMAC — Andrew Harker
  9. For review and comment IBM's Electronic Data Processing Computer Film 701 (1955) EDPM & 650 of 1953 — Computer History Archives Project ("CHAP")
  10. 1957 - 1960's IBM 705 Mainframe Computer Data Processing- USAF Military Punch Card, Educational — Computer History Archives Project ("CHAP")
  11. 1957 Automatic Data Processing, IBM 705 Mainframe Data Center, IBM 650, ARMY Computers — Computer History Archives Project ("CHAP")