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If you think of IBM mainframe computers, you most likely are thinking of the iconic S/360 or the slightly newer S/370. But what about the 7070 from 1958? It had …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: The IBM 7070
How do you make the trains run on time? British Rail adopted TOPS, a computer system born of IBM’s SAGE defense project, along with work from Standford and Southern Pacific …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: TOPS Runs the 1970s British Railroad
Laser printers today are cheap and readily available. But in 1976, they were the height of printing technology. The IBM 3800 was the $175,000 printer to have in that year. …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: The $175,000 Laser Printer
The era of mainframe computers and directly programming machines with switches is long past, but plenty of us look back on that era with a certain nostalgia. Getting that close …read more Continue reading A Mainframe Computer for the Modern Age
If an attacker breaches a transit agency’s systems, the impact could reach far beyond server downtime or leaked emails. Imagine an attack against a transportation authority that manages train and subway routes. The results could be terrible. Between June of 2020 and June of 2021, the transportation industry witnessed a 186% increase in weekly ransomware […]
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These days, mass storage for computers is pretty simple. It either uses a rotating disk or else it is solid state. There are a few holdouts using tape, too, but …read more Continue reading Striping a Disk Drive the 1970 Way
Before IBM was synonymous with personal computers, they were synonymous with large computers. If you didn’t live it, it was hard to realize just how ubiquitous IBM computers were in …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: The IBM System/360 Remembered
Low-code and no-code solutions are awesome. Why? With limited or no programming experience, you can quickly create software using a visual dashboard. This amounts to huge time and money savings. But with all this software out there, security experts worry about the risks. The global low-code platform market revenue was valued at nearly $13 billion […]
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By now, [CuriousMarc] and his team of volunteers are well versed in 1960s hardware restoration. So when a vintage IBM I/O Tester came into their possession, a full machine makeover …read more Continue reading Restoring A Vintage IBM I/O Tester
When you run a small business, outsourcing for services like IT and security makes a lot of sense. While you might not have the budget for a full-time professional on staff to do these jobs, you still need the services. However, while it might be helpful to have a managed service provider handle your software […]
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