RAMAC Installation at the General Office

January 1962

Order Reproduction
Title
RAMAC Installation at the General Office
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
January 1962
Identifier
943.162004.GN
Description
Picture of the General Office's new IBM 7070 computer with a RAMAC disk drive. The IBM 7070 was one of the first computers to utilize solid state transistors as opposed to vacuum tubes, a significant development in computer processing. RAMAC stands for "random access method of accounting and control. During the 1960s, the united states steel corporation utilized many new technologies to help increase their competitiveness.
Extent
4 x 5 in.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Steel industry and trade
Computers
Homestead Steel Works
Geographic Subjects
Homestead (Pa.)
Source
William J. Gaughan Collection
Collection
William J. Gaughan Collection
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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