The Rebirth of the IBM 1401 Computer

An ancient machine, rescued from a garage and refurbished, now whirrs and clicks away again, just as it did way back in 1964

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Photo: Mark Richards
RIP AND READ: IBM’s 1403 printer printed faster and more clearly than previous devices. It used a chain of letters moving horizontally so that each hammer would hit a selected letter just as it passed by. That way, any timing error would affect only the spaces between the letters. Don Luke [left] and Frank King restored it.<
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