On 01/28/2017 05:12 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote: > I have a certificate that my father was given in 1957 for training on > a Honeywell Datamatic 1000 computer. > > Here is a summary of this 'advance' in computer technology from the > ACM: > > The DATAmatic 1000 (D-1000) is a high-capacity electronic > data-processing system designed specifically for application to the > increasingly complex problems and procedures of present-day > business. The system incorporates significant new systems techniques, > as well as several basically new component developments. One of the > outstanding features of the D-1000 is its ability to feed information > from magnetic tape into the central processor at a sustained rate of > 60,000 decimal-digits per second, and to deliver data after > processing back to magnetic tape at this same rate. The operational > speed of the central processor maintains full compatibility with the > high speed of information transfer. Consequently, the difficulties > caused by programs which are either tape limited or processing-time > limited do not arise in the majority of commercial applications of > this system.
Doug, you can probably re-live part of your dad's experience. There are some Datamatic 1000 manuals on bitsavers: http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/honeywell/datamatic_1000/ Big, wide tape reels. --Chuck
