Variable Word length CPU

[William Donzelli]

> Not sure if spooling was the designed purpose of the 1401, but there was an
> official IBM acronym for the 1401-7090 type combination.   But there were
> plenty of standalone 1401's.

The 1400 series was specifically designed to clear out a bunch of the
older, hard to maintain, unit record equipment. Use as an effective
sidekick for some of the 7000 series was a happy surprise for IBM.

William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org