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IBM 1401 Restoration Project
Chronology Web Page


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2012 Activities
Jan 22Completely re-organized what had been Simulator Status into
1401 Software Development, available for use on a PC :-))
( Now even I can follow it :-))

2011 Activities
Dec 22 added link to STARS:Early Popular Computers, 1950 - 1970 - off-site
at What is an IBM 1401? (most recent near top)
Dec 4 added Tape Blocking - a software note
Sept 24 added a cute picture to "Camaraderie"
Sept 12 added SPACE/1401 engineering story in Endicott, 1958 ? 59 by George Ahearn
Aug 29 added Why a (new, incompatible) 1401, not an IBM 650 compatible upgrade?
Aug 5 added IBM CEO Sam Palmisano and staff Visit CHM and 1401 Restoration Room
July 30added material to Card Gates and Card Comments
July 21added 1401 product announcements
July 13added A Blog of 1401 vs 360 code size, and required Operating System
June 24added 1401, from 305 RAMAC to 360 from Milton Thrasher June 24, 2011
May 24added Analog-Digital discussion quote from M.V.Wilkes, comments by Rick Dill
May 17Robert Garner updated 1401 - Mailing Lists
May 8Replaced major Table of Contents entry
"729/TAU Emulator" with Auxiliary Equipment
which now includes "729/TAU Emulator", "PC to KeyPunch" and "Pseudo 1407 Terminal".
April 20Added More Print Character Wars - e-mails
April 10changed "Iceland Music" to Iceland Numbers into English alphabet by Van Snyder
Mar 8Added 1401 FORTRAN SIMH, how to run 1401 FORTRAN under SIMH - linked from Geek-fun,-Software
Mar 4Added 1961 IBM Endicot Telephone Directory.pdf - 20 megabytes -
to IBM 1401 1950s Team Bios
Added e-mails Fran Underwood - 1401 - Design Philosophy
Mar 3Added interesting comments to 1401 FORTRAN Illustrated
Feb 6Added 1401 Console Exercise from SJB, 2011 - linked from here
Feb 5Added (The IBM 1401 has) Meaningful 1 Character Op-Codes
January 29Added a bunch of stories by Keith Falkner
January 25Added Alan Kay, META-II Jan 2011
Auto-Loder Jan 2011

Truncated here - back one year is enough :-))


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