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IBM
1720 PROCESS CONTROL COMPUTER SYSTEM - IBMs FIRST COMPUTER SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS (PETROLEUM REFINING/STEEL PLANTS/POWER GENERATION) - PILOT PROJECT - ONLY THREE EVER MANUFACTURED - BASED ON THE IBM 1620 MODEL I 1. AMOCO OIL REFINERY 2. SOCAL OIL REFINERY 3. E. I. DU PONT ALL THREE INSTALLATIONS 1961 - LED TO THE LESS EXPENSIVE/LESS FUNCTIONAL IBM 1710 PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM (MARCH 1961) SEVERAL HUNDRED INSTALLED - CONTAINED NO OPERATING SYSTEM - FUNCTIONS INTEGRATED DIRECTLY INTO THE APPLICATION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED NEED FOR OPERATING SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME SYSTEMS - 1710 CAME WITH A DEDICATED OPERATING SYSTEM |
IBM 1720 CONTROL CONSOLE FROM STANDARD OIL (AMOCO) WHITTING INDIANA WEIGHT APPROX 70 Lbs WITH BASE POST REMOVAL - MOUNTED ON WOOD BASE - NOT ALL WIRING IS ORIGINAL |
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NIXIE TUBES USED FOR TOP DISPLAY |
GLASS WINDOW PROTECTING ACCIDENTAL PRESSING OF BUTTON REMINDS YOU OF NUCLEAR SUB MISSILE LAUNCH BUTTONS |