IBM Harvest Documentation Volume 1
date: label: date made
content: 1959-1962
name: label: maker
content: IBM
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content: IBM
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content: Documents received with the Harvest computer include:
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content: A. twenty blue plastic binders, all entitled IBM 7950 Data Processing System Manual of Instruction. These are numbered on the spine from 1 to 20. Several are marked with the mame R.J. Lienert. The spines of the volumes also have the initials: RJL. The contents are:
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content: #1 - Manual 1 The Harvest System, Manual 2 Input-Output (parts)
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content: #2 - Manual 2.4, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6,
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content: #3 - Manual 2.73, 2.8, 2.9
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content: #4 - Manual 2.11, Manual 3 (IBM 7619 Exchange - the exchange contrrolled information flow from input-output unites to storage bin control units and vice versa)
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content: #5 - last of Manual 3, Manual 4 (IBM 7620 Additional Exchange Channels)
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content: #6 - Manual 5.3 (IBM 7957 Cartridge Handler), Manual 5.4 (IBM 7958 Tape Control), Manual 6 (High Speed Exchange)
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content: #7 - Manual 7 (IBM 7101 Central Processing Unit) - sections 1 and 2 of Manual 7
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content: #8 - Section 6, 7, 8, , 9, 10, and 11 of Manual 7 - also appendices
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content: #9 - Manual 7, section 3 and 4
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content: #10 - Manual 7, more of section 4
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content: #11 - Manual 7, more of section 4, section 5, section 7
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content: #12 - Manual 8, Harvest processing unit (with flowcharts)
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content: #13 - Manual 8, section 3 - data stream control
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content: #14 - More of Manual 8, section 3, also Manual 8, section 4 (stream processing)
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content: #15 - Manual 8.5 - Table Reference (e.g. more of manual 8)
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content: #16 - Manual 8.6 - Storage Bus Control (e.g. yet more of manual 8), Manual 8.7 (Stream Maintenance Console), Manual 9 (Harvest Power Distribution)
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content: #17 - Manual 10 (IBM 7302 Core Storage) - appear to have two versions from 1959 and a third from 1960
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content: #18 - Transistor Component Circuits, also Manual 14 (Scanner)
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content: #19 - Manual 18 -Circuit Card Reference
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content: #20 - Manual 20 (Indicator Reference), Manual 21 (Structural Components), Manual 22 (Abbreviations), Manual 23 (Appendix)
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content: B. a red plastic binder entitled IBM7950 Data Processing System Reference Manual, dated 1 September 1961, which is an update of the previous manual. It has no photographic illustrations
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content: C. A paperback IBM publication entitled "Reference Manual IBM 7950 Data Processing System Assembly Program HAP III. HAP was an acronym for Harvest Assembly Program.
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content: D. A paperback IBM publication entitled "Reference Manual IBM 7950 Data Processing System Machine Control Program (HMCP).HMCP stood for Harvest Machine Control Program.
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content: E. A paperback IBM publication entitled "Reference Manual IBM 7950 Data Processing System ALPHA Language. ALPHA (Advanced Language for Programming HArevest) was a programming language devised for use with the Harvest computer.
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content: F. A paperback IBM publication entitled "Reference Manual 7030 Data Processing System." This is a major revision of August 1961.
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content: G. A paperback IBM publication entitled "Reference Manual 7030 Data Processing System Programming Examples. This is dated 1961.
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content: H. A paperback IBM publication entitled: Reference Manual STRAP-II 7030 Assembly Program. This was a version of the STRetch Assembly Program. The document is dated 1961.
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content: The photographs show, using old numbers:
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content: 1. 1977.0144.116 - "Tractor" Tape Unit
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content: 2. 1977.0144.117 - One section of the tractor unit, with David Frantz and Elizabeth Robinson.
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content: 3. 1977.0144.118 - several views - one is supposed to show three tractor sections
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content: 4. 1977.0144,119 - three views
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content: 5. 1977.0144.120 - Cartridge & tape, inside view of one section
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content: 6. 1977.0144.121 - 4 views - tapes and cartridges
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content: 7. 1977.0144.122 - four views - one labeled "1 of these is #1"
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content: Reference:
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content: Samuel S. Snyder, <I>History of NSA General-Purpose Electronic Computers</I>, Washington, D.C.: Department of Defense, 1964. A copy of this document was consulted online February 1, 2024.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Poughkeepsie
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of Defense, National Security Agency
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0144.089
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0144.089
label: accession number
content: 1977.0144
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Documentation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: plastic (covers material)