Variable Word length CPU

[Chuck Guzis]

On 11/6/2005 at 5:23 PM William Donzelli wrote:

>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.

Ironic, in the sense that I knew of several trade schools who were still
teaching how to program a 407 accounting machine and 514 reproducing punch
plugboards long after most 1401's had hit the scrap pile.  I think a lot of
places kept the 407's around just to do 80-80 listings.

The 407 was a pretty neat box for a piece of unit record equipment.

Cheers,
Chuck