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This video about the IBM 7030 Stretch was really informative to me.
I have to admit I knew nothing about this machine nor the time period and its computers.

The IBM Strech was really a precursor in many regards. It introduced a pipeline, a kind of "superscalar architecture" with several ALU/AGU and even helped to generalize the usage of 8-bit bytes inside IBM.

If not as powerful as first hoped, it still managed to hold the crown of the fastest computer in the world from 1961 to 1964.

youtu.be/BL6zR3WLVLY

World's first mass-market #laptop was the #T1100 computer by #Toshiba. Introduced with a 4.77MHz #CPU, 512KB of #RAM, #monochrome #LCD display, and battery capacity up to 7 hours, it changed the world of #IBM compatible portable computers. It even worked with #MS #Windows1 in 640x200px #CGA #graphics, but only within a narrow view angle https://youtu.be/qk04sDF5SrM

Even without a hard disk this machine was very important, since the plus model was re-engineered in #USSR as Электроника #МС1504. Unlike #US, users in #Russia didn't pay royalties, or used the internal 3.5" floppy drive to boot #MS-DOS 2.11 https://youtu.be/_u5LwiP5Q4g

Our #graphic #illustration is a tribute to this #IT #milestone, celebrating the 40th #anniversary of this historic #microcomputer achievement in 1985. See it in comparison of #ComputerChronicles to #Tandy or #Dynamac #laptops two years later https://youtu.be/tPEMilDYpgY

The #screenshot of this #retrocomputer #cgi #art shows #SVG #vector #outlines around the cursor in #xRay view-mode. Made with #Inkscape and #FreeSoftware

⚠️ IBM orders US sales to locate near customers or offices | The Register

「 Several current and former IBM employees who have spoken to The Register about IBM's work directives argue that these policies represent stealth layoffs because older (and presumably more highly compensated) employees tend to be less willing to uproot their lives, and families where applicable, than the "early professional hires" IBM has been courting at some legal risk 」

theregister.com/2025/04/18/ibm

The Register · IBM orders US sales to locate near customers or officesBy Thomas Claburn