Ancestors

Written by Ken Shirriff on 2025-02-01 at 18:56

What is the origin of the word "mainframe"? Digging through archives, I traced it back to 1953. The IBM 701 computer was built from "frames": power frames, a storage frame, a drum frame, and the main frame. This 1953 drawing from the Installation Manual shows the dimensions of the "main frame". 1/n

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Written by SpaceLifeForm on 2025-02-01 at 22:12

@kenshirriff

Raised floor for AC cooling. It was critcal.

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Written by DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄) on 2025-02-02 at 00:04

@SpaceLifeForm @kenshirriff

Earlier today (even earlier than Shirriff's posts):

https://mathstodon.xyz/@mms@bsd.cafe/113928980183690262

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Toot

Written by SpaceLifeForm on 2025-02-02 at 00:22

@dougmerritt @kenshirriff

@mms

@stfn

The reason the nurse is there is to respond to frostbite.

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Descendants

Written by DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄) on 2025-02-02 at 00:23

@SpaceLifeForm @kenshirriff @mms @stfn

That...had not occurred to me.

Logical.

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