The IBM 1401 is a variable-wordlength decimal computer that was announced by IBM on October 5, 1959. The first member of the highly successful IBM 1400 series, it was aimed at replacing …

The IBM 1401 Data Processing System was introduced on October 5, 1959, via a splashy closed-circuit television presentation seen by more than 50,000 prospective customers in 102 cities …

Jul 5, 2015 · Although the IBM 1401 Data Processing System was not the earliest solid-state commercial computer, it rapidly became the world s most widely used and held that distinction …

The IBM 1401 Data Processing System, a stored-program transistor-logic computer announced October 1959. At $2500 per month minimally configured, this was IBM's first affordable …

Feb 19, 2015 · The 1401 was a “stored program computer,” allowing programmers to write (and share) applications loaded into the machine from punched cards or magnetic tape, all without …

We cover IBM’s development of the 1401’s basic enabling technologies and trace its origins in business account-ing machines. We highlight its key features and characteristics, its mar -ket …

The goal of the 1401 design was to offer a flexible business computer of at least three times the speed and at a lower cost than the ubiquitous, card/unit-record, collate/merge/print, plug-board …

IBM provided several models compatible (or nearly so) with the 1401. 1460 is twice as fast, and many special features of 1401 were standard. 1440 was a popular lower-cost alternative, …

acquaint you with a computer in the Museum’s collection that has had dramatic social, technical and economic consequences and which has been brought back to life by Museum volunteers. …

IBM's second successful commercial computer (the first was the 650). Introduced in 1959 and offered until 1971, the 1401 was an outstanding success.