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man amp computer - ibm 1965
Bookmarked 777 weeks ago the film man amp computer made in 1965 by ibm039s uk branch provides a basic understanding of computer operations a large portion of the film shows the ways in which a computer can be simulated by five people using the standard office equipment of the day the film employs a number of different techniques including animations and features a few brief scenes of an ibm system360 in usejust months after the first machines were deliveredstarting in the 1940s ibm became a major producer of films used for sales training documenting business processes entertaining at company functions and educating the public several ibm films were made by respected filmmakers and sometimes featured well-known actors |
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remington-rand presents the univac
Bookmarked 777 weeks ago univac is one of the earliest commercial computers and was easily the most famous computer of the 1950s this film produced between 1950 and 1952 shows how the univac computer was used in business defense and by the census the film shows several of the important portions of the univac system at work including the high-speed printer the uniservo tape drive the unityper card readers and the mercury delay line tanks that served as main memory the programming process is fully discussed and a business problem is demonstrated these films served a promotional film as well as a way to demystify computers to the average person |
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1963 timesharing: a solution to computer bottlenecks
Bookmarked 777 weeks ago recorded: may 9 1963this vintage film features mit science reporter john fitch at the mit computation center in an extended interview with mit professor of computer science fernando j corbato the film was co-produced by wgbh boston and mit the prime focus of the film is timesharing one of the most important developments in computing and one which has come in and out of favor several times over the last several decades as the dichotomy between remote and centrally-managed computing resources played out the latest incarnation for centrally-managed computing resources is known as cloud computing timesharing as shown in this film was a novel concept in the early 1960s driven by a desire to more efficiently use expensive computer resources while increasing the interactivity between user and computer man and machine timesharing was eventually taken up by industry in the form of special timesharing hardware for mainframe and minicomputer computer systems as well as in sophisticated operating systems to manage multiple users and resourcescorbato describes how after the mid-1950s when computers began to become reliable the next big challenge to improve productivity and efficiency was the development of computer languages fortran being an example one of the next bottlenecks in computing according to corabto was the traditional batch processing method of combining many peoples computer jobs into one large single job for the computer to process at one time he compares batch processing to a group of people catching a bus all being moved at oncetimesharing on the other hand involves attaching a large number of consoles to the central computer each of which is given a time-slice of the computers time while the computer is rapidly switching among user applications and problems it appears to the user that she has complete access to the central computercorbato then describes in technical detail a complex description of timesharing before showing some examples of timesharing from a terminal using a simple program to calculate a simple geometric problem pythagorean theoremin the long run corbato says timesharing will help address the increasing need for computer time and ease-of-use |
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cold war computing - the sage system
Bookmarked 777 weeks ago the sage semi-automatic ground environment system was designed and built in the 1950s to defend against the threat of soviet bombers attacking the continental united states the system was much influenced by the design of mit039s whirlwind ii computer system which was never completed ibm designed and built the anfsq-7 computer the heart of the sage program with companies such as western electric who produced in your defense the mitre corporation and system development corporation were also major contractors on the projectthere were more than twenty sage installations located across north america linking hundreds of radar stations air force fighter wings and missle defense sites in the first large-scale computer communications network the sage network was decentralized and would allow a unit to continue operation even if other sites were disabled as the soviet attack threat shifted from long-range bombers to nuclear missles in the 1960039s the sage system became less strategic however parts of the system continued operation into the early 1980039sthis film explains the national security threats of the 1950039s and 60039s that sage was built to defend against shows the sage computer and network in operation and simulates how sage would react to an attack on the united states |
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