“All parts should go together without forcing. Therefore, if you can’t get them back together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer.” IBM maintenance manual 1975
See what else is in the attic →
9 years ago
Tik-tik-tikka-tik-tik-tik-tikka-tik-tik…fffffffffft…tik-tik-tik-tikka-tik-tik-tikka…fffffffffft…tik-tik-tik-tikka-tik—Ding!
10 years ago
Backspace to 1961 (via Instagram) #TBT
10 years ago
“No paper moving cartridge!”“No type bars!”
“Prints faster than the eye can see.”
The old school way to change fonts. Turns 53 today. #TBT
10 years ago
Selectrically speaking…
53 years ago this week, electronic “golf-balls” began bouncing their way across the letterheads of corporate America. The IBM Selectric typewriter revolutionized mid-century office memos as typists could now use different fonts and clock up to 90 words a minute–40 more than anything else before it. Good thing white correction fluid was already invented.
10 years ago
“5 Reasons to Love ‘Mad Men’s’ New Star: The IBM 360"
via NBCNews →
And for Throwback Thursday, here’s one of the original ads.
10 years ago
Patent No.8275803. 2012.
Deep QA.What if you could sift through a million books per second, funneling down huge stacks of information to find the precise answer to a problem? This patented cognitive computing system acts like the world’s most advanced computer: the human brain. Making sense of wordplay, slang, quips and puns, it translates natural language into insights and solutions.
Throwback Thursday:
This GIF was one of 20 US patent redesigns for Tumblr to mark IBM’s 20 years of record patent innovation.
11 years ago
