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IBM 1130

The IBM 1130 Computing System was introduced in 1965. It was IBM's least-expensive computer to date, and was aimed at price-sensitive, computing-intensive technical markets like education and engineering. It became quite popular, and the 1130 and its non-IBM clones gave many people their first feel of "personal computing." Though its price-performance ratio was good and it notably included inexpensive disk storage, it otherwise broke no new ground technically. The 1130 holds a place in computing history primarily because of the fondness its former users hold for it.

The IBM 1800 was a process-control variant of the 1130 with one extra instruction and extra I/O capabilities.

See also:

• IBM
• IBM mainframe
• List of IBM products

External Links

• IBM 1130.org Norm Aleks and Brian Knittel site which has significant information about the 1130 and a downloadable simulator that supports the DMS R2V12 and APL environments.
• www.ibm1130.net is Howard Shubs site dedicated to the 1130.
• Another personal account of the 1130.

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