Word: ibm
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...IBM 370/148, currently the only one in the Computing Center, is used mostly for administrative purposes and handles a large percentage of the University's paperwork, including paychecks...
...AS/5 computer "will provide a significant increase in computing capacity at 1730 Cambridge St.," a memorandum form the Computing Center says. The AS/5 will replace the IBM 370/148 which is currently being used...
...AS/5 will do its work almost twice as fast as the IBM machine and has a memory twice the size of the present computer's. It will serve the same purposes as the IBM 370/148 as well as handling additional services with its larger capacity. The AS/5 is compatible with the hardware and software used with the IBM 370 series and therefore can be linked with M.I.T.'s 370/168 without any program modifications...
Keenly aware of the urgent need for better coding techniques, the National Bureau of Standards recently approved its own IBM-designed standard encoding system. It uses more traditional coding techniques rather than the dual-key Stanford system, and could be used to encipher nonclassified electronic data, like the flow of Federal Reserve funds. In fact, appropriately programmed "chips," or microcircuits, could be built directly into computers so that all messages would be automatically encoded and decoded at the terminals. Still, the Government clearly does not want to go too far. Only recently the National Security Agency...
American executives are becoming increasingly interested in things money cannot buy, notably a stable home life, a safe environment, a wholesome community, sun, fun and culture. For example, Mark Burns, 42, a fast-rising IBM executive in Chicago, turned down three transfers in order to raise his three children in one place. But Burns is aware that his refusals limited his possibilities at IBM, whose initials, many employees joke, stand for I've Been Moved. Hence, Burns came to the conclusion he must switch careers and now is president of a small bank on Chicago's South Side...