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The 1401 wasn't a mainframe. It was a smaller computer designed to replace unit-record systems and was, in fact, sometimes used as a mainframe peripheral. The
by cbd1984 11y ago
The 1401 wasn't a mainframe. It was a smaller computer designed to replace unit-record systems and was, in fact, sometimes used as a mainframe peripheral.
The mainframe of the era was something in the 7000 or 700 series, I think.
- kens 11y agoLinguistic arguments are somewhat pointless, but IBM disagrees with you: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/mainframe/ http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/mainfra... The IEEE also disagrees: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=5406338 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=5406338