In brief: An upcoming auction of the IBM 7090 at Christie's presents an opportunity to acquire a pivotal artifact from the early days of the digital era. This event is expected to draw considerable ...

The University has finished installing IBM 7090 computer that it acquired spring. Over the weekend, a crew of technicians worked 30 consecutive hours dismantling the machine and moving it into the ...

Today in 1959, IBM delivered the first two 7090 mainframe computers. It was the second generation after the 709 vacuum tube mainframe computers. The 7090 was six times faster than the 709 thanks to ...

The Computation Laboratory has completed negotiations for the installation of an IBM 7090 computer, the largest calculating machine in current commercial use. It will be available for undergraduate ...