[1401_team] IBM 650, 355 RAMAC, 604, and 407 audiovisual clips from "House of the History of IBM Data Processing"

[Robert Garner]

Now online at:  http://www.ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/Movies-n-Sounds.html
are some fascinating audio/visual clips recently captured by the  
generous folks at the
"House of the History of IBM Data Processing" in Germany, from their  
operational, tube-based:
	IBM 604 calculator with 521 card unit;
	IBM 650 drum computer with 355 RAMAC, 543 card reader, and 544 card  
punch; and an
	IBM 407 accounting machine.
	
The little-know, but highly-appreciated "House of the History of IBM  
Data Processing",
aka "Haus zur Geschichte der IBM Datenverarbeitung" (HzG),
located in Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, graciously provided these  
wonderful audiovisuals,
with permission to post them with accompanying acknowledgment of  
their museum.

This audio project started with a request from the nascent Perot  
computer history
museum forming in Texas for sounds to accompany their machine exhibits.

The HzG staff has extended an open invitation to visit their museum,  
open by appointment only.
Van Snyder has visited them twice over the past two years.
Their address and phone is:
	  Haus zur Geschichte der IBM Datenverarbeitung
	Bahnhofstr. 43,  71063
	Sindelfingen, Germany
	Tel. 07031/415108

Email contacts (Karl & Karl-Otto have been my primary contacts):
	Karl Bleher <kbleher8 at hotmail.com>
	Karl-Otto Reimers <HISTORYH at de.ibm.com>
	Hans Spengler <hwspbb at t-online.de>
	Heinz Oberle <Heinz_Oberle at us.ibm.com>
	Werner Seebode <Werner at familie-seebode.de>
	Rolf Ziegler <Ziegler-Boeblingen at t-online.de>


Also, on http://www.ed-thelen.org/1401Project/Movies-n-Sounds.html
are sound files of our restored 1403 printer, 1402 card reader, 729  
tape drive,
and 026 card punch.
The low-res video clip will be upgraded, and will add 077 collator  
sounds soon.

Enjoy,

- Robert

p.s.  HzG also has a working 1401 system and a working 360/25 !
And a 422 (?), from France.  Their 650 is reportedly from a French  
museum.
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