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What would you call the 1401 if not a mainframe? IBM refers to the 1401 as a mainframe: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/mainframe/ http://w

by kens 11y ago

What would you call the 1401 if not a mainframe? IBM refers to the 1401 as a mainframe: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/mainframe/ http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/mainfra... http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP1401.html http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainfra... The 1401 restoration team calls them mainframes: http://ibm-1401.info/ http://ibm-1401.info/ But whatever you call it, the 1401 is an interesting computer.

wglb 11y ago
Yes, quite. I am wondering if the mainframe tag is a more recent thing, as I don't remember that description back when it was still in production.
- ChuckMcM 11y ago
  Interesting that it doesn't show up in any of IBM's literature until the S/360 which is referred to as a "mainframe". Most people I've talked with think of the 701 as the first mainframe computer.