Large IBM installation in the 1970s
Added 2021-12-03 03:57:53 +0000 UTCA tip from a viewer, this video has really neat footage of an IBM datacenter, an IBM 370 I presume. Gorgeous and iconic IBM terminals, the super duper 20,000 line per minute laser printer. Not sure if the tape drives are IBM, they look like compatibles to me. Enjoy, and bonus points to those that can identify the exact pieces of hardware.
Marc
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StorageTek, which was acquired by Sun in 2005 and then Oracle acquired Sun in 2010.
MarcT
2021-12-14 01:01:39 +0000 UTCMore on the disks and card readers from the CHM folks: The disk drives are definitely IBM 3350s. The head of string is a 3350-A, the rest are 3350-B. There was 3350-C model available that could serve as an alternate head of string. The alternate head of string was strictly an availability feature. If the 3350-A failed, the 3350-C became the head of string. When the 3350-A was head of string, the 3350-C functioned like a 3350-B. The disk controller is either a 3830 or a 3880-1. It looks like 3880s are being used (on the other side of the aisle from the disk drives), but I can't tell for certain. There are two different card readers in the video. I'm not sure what the model number is for the combination reader / punch as there were several with 25xx model numbers. The later shot with the hopper that faces the front of the unit instead of on the side is a 3505 card reader - 2000 cards per minute, optical reading (no brushes).
CuriousMarc
2021-12-05 06:38:46 +0000 UTCThe CHM folks tell me that this is an IBM 370/168. The laser printer is a 3800-1. Tape drives not IBM, look like STC, which is now called StorTek. Still unsure what the disk drives and card punch/reader models are.
CuriousMarc
2021-12-04 20:38:33 +0000 UTC
