The Gadget Blog » ad http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog Gadget News - Gadget Reviews - Gadget Tech Specs Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:40:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 IBM’s System/3: The Best Damn Business Computer of 1968 http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/ibms-system3-the-best-damn-business-computer-of-1968/ http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/ibms-system3-the-best-damn-business-computer-of-1968/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:27:27 +0000 Rico Mossesgeld http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/?p=5466 Post from: The Gadget Blog

]]> 800px-IBM_System3In the late 1960s, computers we’re only for “business owners”, and representing the entire business world only required one American, one European, and one Asian.

Oh and yes, computers were pricey toys with no obvious business application, so IBM had to advertise the System/3—which practically required it’s own room by taking up “only 68 square feet”—through a 60s paced short film.

Key benefits? System/3’s punch cards, representing data innovation: “approximately 1/3 the size of conventional cards, they store 20%… more information.” Not to mention disk-based storage.

Note how everything, from the card reader to the printer, is integrated.

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]]> Crave is right on the money: if your laptop already has two screens and jaw-dropping specs, what’s the point of being really really corny?

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