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IBM Stretch Collection

IBM Stretch

The IBM Stretch Archive is a collection of materials, primarily documents, relating to the IBM 7030 ("Stretch") computer project from 1955 to 1961. The IBM Model 7030 was one of the world's first supercomputers. Stretch incorporated a dazzling array of technical breakthroughs and was the fastest computer in the world for several years. It is considered a critical milestone in IBM history.

 

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    Result 381-400 of about 952
    To convert to decimal
    Text, Oct. 31, 1958
    102632536
    Stretch math subroutine conventions
    Text, May 3, 1960
    102633957
    Ultra high speed tapes and disks
    Text, Aug. 6, 1957
    102632721
    Ground rules for 7000 series card reader
    Text, Sept. 3, 1957
    102632726
    Exchange miscellany
    Text, Oct. 10, 1957
    102632733
    A switch which when thrown will take you automatically to a certain storage
    Text, [1956?]
    102632644
    Stretch Marketing : meeting or contact report
    International Business Machines Corporation. Planning Data Processing Division (IBM)
     Text, Jun. 30, 1958
    102632598
    Operations Research Office of Johns Hopkins University
    Text, Sept. 19, 1958
    102632601
    Stretch presenation : meeting or contact report
    International Business Machines Corporation. Planning Data Processing Division (IBM)
     Text, Oct. 27, 1958
    102632606
    Los Alamos - first meeting of the mathematical planning group
    Text, Aug. 21, 1956
    102632649
    Meeting to investigate the mathematical planning effort for Stretch
    International Business Machines Corporation. Product Planning and Market Analysis Division (IBM)
     Text, Sept. 11, 1956
    102632651
    High performance tape specifications
    Text, Feb. 9, 1956
    102632257
    Delayed store or store decoder
    Text, Jan. 16, 1956
    102632264
    Multiple precision programs for Stretch
    Text, [Nov. 1, 1956?]
    102632663
    Stretch trial 3 : cherry pie
    Text, Oct. 23, 1956
    102632668
    Talk on exceptional cases
    Text, Nov. 26, 1956
    102632670
    Stretch floating point operations
    Text, Oct. 10, 1956
    102632656
    Scatter read
    Text, [1957 or 1958?]
    102632738
    Disk design
    Text, Sept. 12, 1957
    102632740
    LASL-IBM meeting
    Text, June 11, 1957
    102634215