“ COMPUTERS “ 1970 EDUCATIONAL FILM IBM MAINFRAME PUNCHCARD & MAGNETIC TAPE BASED COMPUTERS XD11964

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website Released by BFA in 1970, “Computers“ was created by Victor and Ellen Landweber. The film was apparently shot at, and had cooperation from, the Rand Corporation of Santa Monica, California. The film is notable in that it was produced roughly a decade prior to the arrival of the IBM Personal Computer, which revolutionized computing worldwide. “Computers“ primarily shows mainframe and office type computers made by IBM, including the System/360 mainframe with its tape drives and hard drives. The System/360 was the first family of computers designed to cover both commercial and scientific applications and to cover a complete range of applications from small to large.. The film begins by sho