About 1300 tube modules in two frames (backplanes)
Large. Heavy - estimated 150 pounds for each of two crates.
Box
Power Supply
Cards
Front Panel
Box
Power Supply
Cards
Front Panel
Large
Heavy
Missing LED cover
missing some paddles
Missing some paddles
Missing plexiglass panel
Lights animated by an IBM Engineer to mimic typical operation.
Beautiful, custom wood cabinet by the same engineer
IBM 360 banner/masthead
IBM 360/30 Console video Large
30 inches wide x 31.5 inches tall
About 70 pounds
IBM 370/135 Console video Large
Lights animated by an IBM Engineer to mimic typical operation.
Beautiful, custom wood cabinet by the same engineer
IBM 360 banner/masthead33 inches wide x 31.5 inches tall
About 100 pounds
Lights animated by an IBM Engineer
With IBM 370 banner/masthead
35 megabytes
Heads in the pack
1973
70 megabytes
Heads in the pack
The last of the big disk drives.
3 gigabytes
About 90 pounds.
Cast aluminum case.
Bar-coded platters.
From the front of a 3420 tape unit
no motors
Large. About 100 pounds.
From the top of a 3420 tape unit
From inside the 3803.IBM quality switches and lights.
From 1951.
40 megabytes per data cell
Announced in April 1964.
Each data cell contains 200 strips of magnetic tape, which are the basic recording media.
Strips are 2 1⁄4 inches (5.7 cm) wide and 13 inches (33 cm) long.
200 megabytes each 770 inches of tape
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