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2024-05-04

1970s, 1975, character set, ebcdic, font, ibm, usa.

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These are IBM’s first computers: IBM 5100 (1975) and IBM 5110 (1978).

The 5100 had 256 characters but half of the characters were just underscored versions of the other half. It used IBM’s mega obscure EBCD encoding instead of ASCII. IBM 5110 dropped most of the underscored characters, which made room for semi-graphic characters. Encoding was changed to the slightly less obscure EBCDIC, and there were 14 localized character sets with 12 characters each.

Character set photos from Voidstar, where there are also more details about the character sets.

2018-08-10

1980s, 1981, ebcdic, ibm, usa.

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Colourized ASCII art at NASA using an IBM System/370 in 1981, via. Or… EBCDIC art?

2015-02-19

2000s, 2004, ibm, punched card.

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The rectangles in “Punch Card Park” in Ohio were made to resemble the square holes in IBM cards. Created in 2004 as part of the celebration of the bicentennial of the founding of Ohio University

2015-02-18

1960s, 1963, architecture, ibm, punched card.

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Eliot Noyes’s design for IBM’s former Aerospace Research Center (1963) in Los Angeles County, California; the façade fenestration is based on the IBM Card.

2015-02-14

1960s, 1964, ibm, punched card.

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The IBM 29 Card Punch (also called the 029 or Type 029 Key Punch or Keypunch), introduced about 1964 to coincide with the introduction of the IBM 360, via.

2015-01-27

1960s, 1964, ibm, punched card.

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Slogans of the Free Speech Movement in IBMs punchcards, 1964 (University of California)

“Strike”

“I am a student at the University of California. Please do not fold, spindle or mutilate me.”

Via

2015-01-27

1970s, 1975, ascii, ibm, punched card.

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Luis Arambilet’s ASCII created in 1975 with punched cards 80 columns and IBM 370-115 CPU.

2014-11-23

1960s, ibm, print.

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My grandpa worked for IBM in the ’60s. This was printed from the company’s mainframe computer after JFK was assassinated.

source. h/t: Erkan Spitten

2014-09-18

1960s, 1962, architecture, ibm.

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IBM building, Honolulu. By Vladimir Ossipoff, 1962

2013-05-02

2010s, animation, ibm, organic.

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The smallest animation ever! Frame by frame animation with atoms, made by IBM. They say that each atom is like a pixel, but hm. Atoms are not the smallest unit we know of. But pixels are, in computer graphics.

So – these atoms are better described as text graphics!

Watch the video. Pics from here. Thanks to Peter Swimm and LittlePiltrafilla for sharing.

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