CHM Revolution

Date

1960 ca.

Credit Line

Courtesy of the IBM Corporate Archive

Copyright Owner

© International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

Keywords

Second-generation computer; Transistorized; Business applications

Object ID

500004505

The IBM 1401 was very successful; over 12,000 were sold. Like all early computers, however, 1401s were very labor-intensive to build, with little automation.