IBM 709
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The IBM 709 is a computer system that was announced by IBM in January 1957 and first installed during August 1958. The 709 was an improved version of its predecessor, the IBM 704, and was the third of
IBM 709 front panel at the Computer History Museum
IBM 7090
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The IBM 7090 is a second-generation transistorized version of the earlier IBM 709 vacuum-tube mainframe computer that was designed for "large-scale scientific and technological applications". The 7090
IBM 709
…pounds (960 kg) (without peripheral equipment). The 709 was built using vacuum tubes. IBM announced a transistorized version of the 709, called the IBM 7090, in 1958, only a year after the announcement of the 709, thus cutting short the 709's product life. The IBM 709 has a 38-bit accumulator, a 36-bit…
IBM 7151 Console Control Unit for 7090
IBM 7090 console at the System Source Computer Museum
IBM 7151-2 Console Control Unit for 7094 showing additional index register displays in a distinctive extra box on top. Note "Multiple Tag Mode" light in the top center.
An IBM 7090 at the NASA Ames Research Center in 1961, with the director of Ames and several IBM employees. The IBM 7151 Console Control Unit is on the right with two banks of IBM 729 magnetic tape drives in back. The IBM 711 card reader is in front of the man and woman at right.