The Way Computers Were in the Seventies

Inspired by my earlier post titled The Way Movies Were in the Seventies, I present to you this image showing the way computers were in the seventies:

The way computers were in the seventies: "A small digital computer designed for the businessman" and "a large computer installation"
Illustrations courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

One Comment

  1. Posted August 18, 2008 at 6:56 pm | Permalink

    Nice. The top “small” one is the System/3, which used non-standard 96-column punchcards with round holes - it never caught on. The bottom one, which I actually worked with, is a System/370 (the 145 or 155 model, I think). The large cabinet in front is a IBM2311 disk drive, which had a capacity of 7.25 MB (mega yep) per removable cartridge.

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