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... , had enough experience with that smaller computer to justify getting a large-scale computer, the IBM 704 computer, which most aircraft companies, in the U.S. particularly, were installing. We put ... the best analogy is the million-dollar computers, as they cost then, the IBM 704 and the IBM 7090. Those had a power comparable to what you now get in a desktop ... the side. These were the programmers, operators, and maintenance staff, the maintenance staff supplied by IBM on a permanent basis. They essentially had to live with the computer to keep it ...

... real world or in flight. We made a decision in the early days, along with IBM and with the flight controllers' help, to incorporate the actual same hardware configured flight computers ... of contractor because they were providing the computers, and he had some past experience with IBM. They weren't especially easy to work with from a procurement standpoint, but they were ... with the computers that they could assist our simulator people, they were there . Of course, IBM directly supported the mission control people from a flight control end, too, so they were ...

... of Transportation Elizabeth Hanford Dole announced the award of a $196.9 million contract to IBM to provide new-generation computers that would give controllers extra capacity to handle growing air ... automation program in the future. The new computers would have greater storage capacity than the IBM 9020s used since the early 1970s in FAA centers, which control all aircraft operating under ... to run the current 9020 software package with minimum modifications. Key element in the IBM hardware was the IBM 3080-BX1 model. Each installation would consist of two units with one serving ...

... computer failed, the plane crashed. The computer was going to be a computer developed by IBM, and it was going to be a triplex system, three computers. Actually…the idea was ... Administrator for Manned Space Flight, asked one day—at least this is the apocryphal story. IBM was doing the flight control system for the Gemini Program, and they needed to make a program change in the descent program for Gemini. IBM…did a little calculation and said, "It'll cost you one million dollars." One million ...

... that it's fair to say that NASA probably did as much for IBM and the computer industry as IBM did for NASA in the computer industry. Here at Patrick Air Force ... was enough money to put in a wheelbarrow to run down the street with, because IBM, you know, very seldom that anybody was buying two 7090s. Of course, in those days ... to do was be successful and be safe, and they were fun to work with. IBM, although I was very close with Sarrahan, who was their principal there, I didn't ...

... over the specialized communications business. Other alternatives suggested by the FCC included a plan whereby IBM and Comsat could independently enter the communications satellite business or Comsat could join another consortium without IBM. Another alternative was that Comsat, which was not permitted to deal directly with the public ...

... to plan flights. Basically we ran trajectory simulations. We used a big main frame computer, IBM 7094. With computer simulations, which were mock space flights, we planned how the flight would ... felt to be the best. I’m not making a plug for IBM, but it was true everybody believed IBM provided you with the best when it came to computers and they ... . So that’s what the 7094’s did. And later on 360’s were substituted, IBM 360 mainframes. I’m not sure what they’re using now. '''Faul:''' With the practice ...

... Satellite Corp. under which each of the three companies would own apart of the organization. IBM would purchase 42.5% and Aetna would purchase 15% of CML stock, with Comsat holding ... also purchase a convertible note, bringing its investment to the same level as Comsat and IBM; the three partners would have equal representation on the board of directors. The arrangement would ... of CML since July 1975 and, with IBM, had been seeking a third partner.. Both Comsat and IBM had been providing the interim financing. (Aetna-Comsat-IBM Release, 26 Sept 75) August 1975 ...

... that NASA had selected, for its James Webb Space Telescope ( James Webb Space Telescope JWST ), IBM’s Rational Rose Real-time software, which used unified modeling language (UML). The choice marked ... among the various developers working on individual components of the James Webb Space Telescope JWST . ''IBM, “NASA Eyes Open Standard Software for Next-Generation James Webb Space Telescope ,” press release, 19 ...

... when we got over to the Space Task Group, in that branch we had an IBM International Business Machines 1620, and that was a small—well, it was a large, physically ... the time, and it was in a nice area, too. We were there, and the IBM 1620 came with us, but in addition, we had contracted with the Houston Medical Center to use their computers. I would imagine they were IBM 704s. Later, we contracted with the University of Houston and used their computers. When I ...

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