Part of why I love the IBM 1401 is because of how mechanical it is. So much of what the computer does is done in hardware. You can see and feel the machine running.
The "ibm-1401.info" site is maintained by the IBM 1401 restoration team. It contains nearly everything you'd ever want to know about the machine. It's a pretty dense website, so I suggest visiting these links first:
I also really enjoyed learning how to program the 1401. I wrote instructions on how write a "Hello world" in the the "ROPE" simulator environment: https://github.com/jpf/ROPE
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Part of why I love the IBM 1401 is because of how mechanical it is. So much of what the computer does is done in hardware. You can see and feel the machine running.
If you are able, I highly recommend visiting the 1401 exhibit at the Computer History Museum: http://ibm-1401.info/#how-to-visit
The "ibm-1401.info" site is maintained by the IBM 1401 restoration team. It contains nearly everything you'd ever want to know about the machine. It's a pretty dense website, so I suggest visiting these links first:
http://ibm-1401.info/1401GuidePosterV9.html http://ibm-1401.info/IBM1401_IEEE_SSCS_Mag_Jan2010-100DPI.pd...
I also really enjoyed learning how to program the 1401. I wrote instructions on how write a "Hello world" in the the "ROPE" simulator environment: https://github.com/jpf/ROPE