Talk:IBM 604
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[edit]The book I'm reading says it had 1250 tubes, but the wiki article says 1400. Pcap ping 14:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Tab
[edit]Responding to the fact tagging of the sentence i placed in the lede. All of the major manufacturers (IBM, NCR, Sperry, and Burroughs in particular) were active in the first phase of commercial computing which began in the late nineteenth century with adding machines and technology based around the punched card called later as an overall technology within IT, "tab". IBM had lines of more general purpose computers in the 50s and there were various series that led up to 360 at which point were are fully in the era of modern general purpose computing which only used tab as a mode of input, one that became obsolete by the early 80s, and with differentiated model lines, operating systems, etc. 604 is more tab than the IBM 704 which is the kind of thing you would have seen in Desk Set. 72.228.177.92 (talk) 14:51, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
Dubious
[edit]Saying the 704 is "contemporary" is a bit misleading. It was introduced a few years later. I think it would make sense to have one merged article on the IBM 603, 604, and 605, since they are all historical by now and clearly related products. The 603 in particular was innovative, but only lasted less than a year. Every model does not necessarily deserve its own article; generally the standards require independent reliable sources for notablity. W Nowicki (talk) 00:09, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
electronic calculating punch
[edit]Electronic Calculating Punch is capitalized in the book "IBM's Early Computers", p. 61 ff. It was able to read a punched card, do some simple calculations, and punch results on a new card. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 21:07, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Tintin
[edit]The Tintin cultural reference —whose sourcing I've just improved— is arguably overstated: While it is true that on page 54 of the Destination Moon album, there is a panel that shows what looks like a dead ringer for an IBM 604 in the background, and while IBM have proudly noted their machine's appearance in the comic in their online retrospective on the IBM 603/604, the current article phrasing is suggestive of a much more explicit and leading role of that machine, when you might just as well call this merely period-accurate background art. Make out of this what you will. —ReadOnlyAccount (talk) 02:41, 17 March 2025 (UTC)