The bios of the 2000s IBM 1401 2000s Restoration Team are here
IBM 1401 1950s Team Bios
including goals, architecture, design, software, production, marketing teams
Endicott Reunion 2009 - from John Pokoski
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Byron Rucker mag tapes; Jud McCarthy cpu; Joe Papa I/O, John Pokoski cpu: Tom Schappe I/O; Andy Kisacky cpu; Paul Farbanish cpu
The following is a list of team members, with links to their listings
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WWAM, World Wide
Accounting Machine Karl Ganzhorn Papo, Maurice | IBM 1401 teams
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Jud McCarthy generated a more complete staffing document. Courtesy of Susan Sherwood, Center for Technology & Innovation
Related web pages -
- IBM website - IBM 1401: "The Team"
- 50th Anniversary, CHM
- Origins of Architecture and Design of the IBM 1401
- Fran Underwood - 1401 - Design Philosophy
- 1960s Org Charts
- John Pokoski's IBM 1401 Memories from Endicott
- John Pokoski's A selection of 1401 development letters and org charts
- Gary Mokotoff's current 1959 software team list spread sheet
- Jack Palmer's current Software Team spread sheet - dated Mar 13, 2009
- Brief Evolution of IBM 1401 SPS and Autocoder
- 1401 Stories
- 1961 IBM Endicot Telephone Directory.pdf - 20 Megabytes
A constraint on the 1401 system design - "solid state in '58" dictate prevented the 1401 system from using tubes.
Delco developed the high-voltage germanium power transistors for the 1403 hammer drivers.
"Dawn of a New Era" |
Shel Jacobs with 1401 chassis mockups (note the odd 1401 lights panel) used for the initial announcement pics -- (ironically taken at sunset, on the hill above Endicott plant.)
Shel says: "This was one of several location alternatives considered for the announcement video. We were moving the boxes between buildings. It was considered as part of the theme, "Dawn of a New Era". I still remember a comment made by one of the movers - "I'm glad there isn't a lake nearby, we'd be trying to put these things into rowboats.". The video was shot over a 3 day sleepless weekend. |
From Jud McCarthy
| " ... pictures taken of Chuck Branscomb, Jim Ingram and myself in Raleigh, NC on 2/21/09. I am the tall dark and handsome guy in the middle." |
Attached is a picture of Chuck Branscomb, Jim Ingram and I taken in Raleigh, NC on May 18, 2015
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GEORGE R. AHEARN - PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Bloom, Earl
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I had nothing to do directly with the 1403 printer mechanisms but with the printer electronic controls including the Universal Character Set electronics for which I got an Outstanding Contribution Award. I also designed the controls for the 1404 Bill Feed and have patents on that and the UCS. I was responsible for other printer control concepts and designs including the tapeless carriage control concepts, numeric print feature controls, Selective Tape Lister controls, etc. In addition, I helped design the Multiply/Divide and Process Overlap for the 1401 as well as some of the power sequencing controls. I had the pleasure of demonstrating the 1401 system at the Banco de Roma in Rome and Milan in June of 1960 with Mason Cunningham and Bill Jones. Subsequently, John Haanstra our Division President, myself, Cliff Martin and another individual whose name I can't remember, together architected the 1401 Model G with a concept of Cycle Interleaving. I was given responsibility as only a Senior Associate Engineer to technically manage the overall development and scheduling for the 1401 G and we shipped it ahead of schedule because Haanstra gave me the exact individuals to do the job that I had asked for by name. Those were the days when you could develop products expeditiously because upper management was actively involved in a supportive manner to ensure you got what you needed to do so. |
Branscomb, Charles E. - Obituary
Visiting CHM May 2017 Quarter Century Congratulations from: - Jonie Dayger - Ralph Palmer - Lewis Branscomb - Frank Cary - Fran Underwood - Tom Watson Jr - Spike Beitzel Obituary
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"1401 Program Manager"
I left the 1401 in Nov, 1960 to become AA to GPD Division President. Then went to San Jose lab as System Manager, Control Systems, in August, 1961. Back to New York in March, 1963 to join staff of Group Executive who had several development divisions ? including most involved in System 360 program. I became Director of Computer Assisted Instruction in September, 1964 and then President of Systems Development Division from March, 1966 to September, 1969 when I became Asst. Group Executive. In 1971 joined the Corporate Technical Committee and in 1973 named IBM Director of Engineering, Programming, and Technology. One day I received a call from his office saying Mr. Watson would like me to join him at his home for dinner. There were about ten of us (maybe more) from the technical side of IBM there, had a pleasant evening [January 7th 1974] and then Tom had a Hollerith model for each of us brought into the room. I?m surprised that I don?t remember just who was there but I believe Jack Bertram, John Gibson, Eric Bloch, Bob Evans, and Jerry Haddad were included. Tom said he wanted to make sure we understood how much he appreciated everything we did for IBM (of course he said this much more elegantly). Spent approx. 7 years in GSD managing Development and Manufacturing before returning to New York in 1981, and then in 1983 to Raleigh, NC (back home) responsible for Telecommunication Systems. Retired in June, 1986. his career with IBM, An oral history - 2009, Main 1401 Story added July 2009 He was named distinguished engineering alumnus of North Carolina State University (NCSU) in 1978 and, after retiring from IBM, spent more than a dozen years of heavy volunteering at NCSU with two adjunct appointments in the College of Engineering. He was awarded the Watauga Medal which is the highest recognition NCSU gives their volunteers. p.s. ... I had an extremely enjoyable second career at NCSU which I have summarized briefly. ...
e-mail April 19, 2013 - our $2500/mo target for the base 1401 system.
50th Anniversary, CHM
On Dec 16, 2017, Chuck Branscomb
from Jud McCarthy, Dec 17, 2017
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(C) (607)-239-1050 "Bob was responsible for the 1403 hydraulic carriage in the product engineering phase of the program. I told him about [your] hydraulic oil problem." |
Gene Darrow - Darrowehdeld@aol.com
| This is a 1963 announcement picture of Gene Darrow as Manager of Printers,Product Engineering. |  | This is a 2002 picture of Gene Darrow. |  This is a 1055 picture of another Endicott Printer Program showing Otto Moneagle (deceased) front row,2nd from left. Otto was heavily involved in the design of the chain for the 1403 Printer.
|  This is a 1982 article about Gene Darrow published in the IBM Raleigh Site Bulletin. It describes Gene Darrow's 30 year tenure ( in 1982 ) on Printer Products Programs. It also shows Gene at his desk with parts from various printers he worked on. Also shown is Gene examining a 1403 chain belt with one type slug assembled to it.
|  This is a 1963 organization chart for Product Engineering. I believe that the 1403 Printer responsibility was transferred to Product Engineering at this time with Gene Darrow as the manager.
|  This is a 1973 picture of John Drejza presenting Gene Darrow his 25 Year Club Certificate.
|  This is a 1952 picture of an Endicott group from another printer program having a social evening with their wives. Gene Darrow is shown in the back row,4th from the left. Chuck Branscomb is shown in the back row, 6th from the left.
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John Drejza info from Gene Darrow
 Promotion | Resume 336 KB | 1403 Hammer Report 1,000 KB |
(Abstract, Status 3/2007) Born: April 25, 1921 in Sindelfingen, Germany. Married, 2 Sons.
International Career in IBM(additional): External Scientific Appointments:
Personal Appointments: 15 Books (9 as Author / Co-Author, 6 as Editor) 74 Scientific Publications, 49 Patents. |
Left is Robert Garner, Right is Bruce Haanstra, son of John Haanstra |
From Charles E. Branscomb, 1401 program manager, who knew John Haanstra
Robert I assume you recall my story about John from the "1401 story". In early 1961 when I had moved to division HQS, John was division VP of Development. He asked me to go with him on a Friday visit to the Kingston, NY Lab (about 2 hour drive) and all the way up and back he probed me on how the 1401 handled Input/Output. Monday AM his secretary called me what I did to her boss on Friday. After the weekend John had showed up with some 14 to 18 Executary "belts" (The IBM OPD recorder used belts instead of tapes giving random access to recordings) to be transcribed. They represented the design of a multiplexor front end for the 1401. John was not only a powerhouse intellectually but he was powerful physically as well. I still vividly remember being in a meeting with John and the VP of Manufacturing for the division (Bud Thue) where John was demanding that 1401 production for the first year be doubled. He had a habit of cupping his hand and pounding on the conference table - I believe the room actually shook when he did that. John won and production was doubled. You have got some good insights into the Development area activity after Honeywell announced the H200. It is unfortunate that Jim Desell is no longer living. Jim was Systems Engineering Manager in the Eastern Region when H200 was announced and he could have personally provided the Marketing division activity. When he found out that Endicott engineers were skeptical that Liberator would work, Jim found a way to get into a Honeywell customer demonstration and saw that he did in fact work. He then went to Endicott to make sure there was no misunderstanding and demand that development respond. I was on Vin Learson's staff while this was going on and remember interacting with Jim about H200 and Liberator but I do not remember the specifics. About a dozen years later Jim and I became very good friends in the General Systems Division where he was head of Marketing and I was head of Development and Manufacturing. As I think you know GSD re-established IBM leadership in the middle to low end of the product line. I read recently that IBM world wide sold over 250,000 System 32/34/36/38s. I did not mean for this to get so lengthy - I hope some of it is of interest to you. Chuck |
Ingram, Jim - jim-i (at) att dot net
1401 Project Manager
| Joined the Endicott, NY Lab of IBM in Feb, 1950 after obtaining an MSEE from Purdue. Worked on the IBM 650 Magnetic
Drum Data Processing Machine, from early development through early production stages, responsible for the magnetic
drum circuits. Also did several short term planning/circuit design assignments on ways for IBM to use electronics in other areas.
Starting in late l954, led an engineering group seeking to develop machines for card processing, accounting, and card and printer I/O for large computers. Participated in the WWAM meeting in Germany from late May through early July, 1955. In mid 1957 was assigned to the 1401, then in its early planning stages, and as the program progressed became the project manager. Left the 1401 program in late 1962 after a significant number of machines had been shipped and programs to add additional functions, including Additional Memory and adding the 729 magnetic tape drives and the 1405 hard disk drive, were completed or well underway. In early 1963 worked for IBM's Nordic Lab in Sweden as manager of the 1070 Process Communication System. This system was transferred in early 1964 to IBM's San Jose Lab, along with several of the Nordic Lab engineers. It was announced as part of the 360 announcement in April, 1964, and shipments started about a year later. In early 1966 moved to IBM's Raleigh Lab as Plans and Control manager. Worked on development of IBM's Point of Sale equipment from 1969 until retirement in 1987. Jim passed away November 12, 2015 - obituary, (local copy) |
Jacobs, Shel
"1401 marketing lead" "Dawn of a New Era"  2009 |
I joined IBM in 1952 in the Chicago Downtown sales office. I moved to Endicott in the Fall of 1957 as a planner in the Glendale Lab. Shortly thereafter, I was assigned to an advanced accounting machine project. It evolved into the SPACE program, Stored Program Accounting and Calculating Equipment, which was announced October 5, 1959. I became the Planning Manager responsible for the business aspects. I did field case studies to help finalize the design objectives, set up preannouncement classes to get reactions and suggestions from IBM field personnel. I spent a lot of time negotiating the five year forecast which was pivotal in developing a business case to support announcement. As announcement neared, I worked with marketing in preparing for the 1401 announcement via the first national closed circuit TV release. After announcement, I was transferred to San Jose as the Planning Manager for Unit Record Systems and charged with making sure the 11LC, eventually announced as the 1440, was programming compatible with the 1401. In 1962 I joined Corporate Marketing in Armonk evaluating low end products and outside proposals. I returned to San Jose in 1965 doing various planning jobs in DASD. When we were hit with law suits by our competitors, I was assigned as GPD Litigation Support Manager. I managed the document reviews by the plaintiffs within IBM as well as our reviews of their documents at their locations. A major challenge was explaining the IBM culture and products to our attorneys. I retired in 1990 and spend my time in a variety of volunteer activities.
50th Anniversary, CHM
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| The marvelous software [AutoCoder and FORTRAN] 1401 team that I led consisted of:
an e-mail received May 02, 2015 Hi, all, I'm still here, at 97, with an Android smartphone. I was very active in APl and APL2, having edited the APL Handbook of Techniques. I enjoy teaching 'problem-solving' to young people. My first product was a general-purpose CPC control panel for the engineers at Republic Aviation, in 1951. |
Don Manning w photos - dmanning8 at stny dot rr dot com
| no photo of Don yet | preliminary, unofficial info
Got to thinking -- my cartridge may be a development prototype - I don't really know. A lot of my parts are various development pieces - never got released.
I came into the 1403 design and development department in 1/1958. The 1403 was already well underway at that time. I got to assist with hammer unit, print quality, ribbon smudge, stacking, etc. evaluations/improvements prior to and during Product Test phase. The people involved were (as I remember):
I myself stayed in printer development in Endicott until I retired in 1993. Lots of opportunities to relocate to Raleigh, Charlotte, Tucson, San Jose, Boulder, etc. Family was here and I still like the place! |
McCarthy, Justin - deceased, 29 Dec 2022
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I was a member of the 1401 Product Development Team. I was involved in the development of the first transisterized units in the Endicott Glendale Lab - the PECU (Print Edit Control Unit) & TAM (Transister Accountng Machine) prior to the 1401 team being pulled together under Chuck Branscomb.
(July 2020) Jud has authored a book of his experiences with IBM. It is Light Blue: An Entry Level and Mid Management Perspective of IBM's Evolution Through the Golden Years, available now.
During the pre-1401 era, I worked for George Mitchell, and Claud Pyle under Jim Ingrahm. When the 1401 team was pulled together under Chuck, I worked first for Rus Raleigh and then Joe Conzola under Jim Ingrahm, who inturn reported to Chuck. Although I never reported directly to Francis O. Underwood, I worked closely with him & his department and kept in touch and visited him when he moved to Los Gatos, where he became Father of The Floppy Disk Drive on his little educational system.
Jud McCarthy generated a more complete staffing document. Justin sent the following, which is being parked here for safe keeping until further processing
also
Jud is featured in the “A Century of Smart: The IBM 1401” video at 0:15, 0:24, 2:16, and 4:15.
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Mokotoff, Gary - gary at mokotoff dot net ,
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I joined IBM in June 1959 and was immediately assigned to the 1401 team. One of other members, I think it was Bernie Silkowitz (co-creator of RPG), gave me the (typed) programmers manual and said "If you have any questions, don't ask us, because we don't understand it either." My first program was to write a utility that printed out memory. I learned programming by following a program that already existed and I followed the machine-language instructions and that is how I learned to program.
My first programming application was to write multiply and divide subroutines in machine language because multiply/divide hardware was an optional feature in the initial announcement of the 1401. I then wrote SPS-1 and then SPS-2. John Wertheim and I then wrote 1401 Autocoder and then a team of people wrote 1401 FORTRAN. The group was broken up in 1961 or 1962. I went to an IBM think-tank type group and was drafted into the Army in January 1963. After completing basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, I was assigned to the data processing department at Fort Dix where I remained for the duration of my Army carreer. They had IBM 407 accounting machines with plans to install a Univac 1101. The 1101 was a disaster. I realized that technically it was not a computer because it could not simulate a Turing machine. When they heard I had 1401 experience, they cancelled the Univac and ordered the 1401. I wrote most of the programs for the base (lots of interesting stories; made SP-5 in two years). I don?t ever recall programming for a disc 1401 but did use card and tape systems. Gary donated the original source code for SPS1, SPS2, Autocoder and FORTRAN to the Charles Babbage Institute. During an e-mail exchange amongst many folks, about IBM card usage - Gary wrote:
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| Jack Palmer was manager of the 1401/1620 systems software effort in the early 1960s.
Credits:
From Gary Mokotoff - Nov 2016
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Papo, Maurice - died April 2021 as per https://ethw.org/Maurice_Papo
MAURICE PAPO Education Dr. Maurice Papo graduated in France from "Ecole Polytechnique" (1951) and "Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications" (1954). He also holds shorter course degrees from Brookings Institute Washington, INSEAD-Stanford, and Centre des Hautes Etudes de l'Armement IBM He worked 35 years in IBM executive positions in France, Europe and the USA, primarily R&D Director, but also World Director for Standards, World Director of Product Line, Director of Commercial Relations, Industry Relations and Patents, and chief Scientist. He established and managed a new IBM R&D Laboratory in La Gaude, France. Most of his R&D work has been in the fields of Computers and Telecommunications in which he has held a significant number of international patents. He has participated in most IBM strategic and organizational studies involving its multinational evolution. After retiring from IBM he worked as independent senior consultant. He has been very active in the Executive Boards of National Engineering Societies, has founded and chaired several National Engineering Societies, was Vice Chairman of the European Industrial Research Management Association, and member of several Universities Scientific Advisory Boards. IEEE Vice-President Regional Activities (Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee) Chair of RAB Nominations & Appointments Committee Chair IEEE Nominations & Appointments Committee Chair of the President's Consult Group IEEE Secretary (Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee) Member at Large Education Activities Board Member at Large Publication Activities Board Director Region 8 (Europe, Africa, Middle-East) Chair France Section Awards IBM Outstanding Invention Award IEEE Fellow1987 IEEE Millenium Medal IEEE 2000 Larry Wilson Transnational Award IEEE Haraden Pratt Medal "Officer" grade in the French Legion of Honneur for outstanding services to the Nation "Commandeur" grade in the French "Ordre National du Merite "Commandeur" grade in the French "Palmes Academiques" for outstanding services to the National Education) "Knight" grade in the Monaco "Saint Charles" Order Short Form Mr. Papo graduated in France from "Ecole Polytechnique" and "Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications", as well as from the "INSEAD" in Fontainebleau and the Brookings Institute in Washington. He joined IBM in 1954 and worked 35 years in executive R&D positions on both sides of the Atlantic ocean, with responsibilities in France, Europe and the USA, including the setting-up and management of the IBM France R&D Laboratory in La Gaude near Nice. He has also occupied international IBM position in the management of Product Line, Marketing and Standards. Most of his R&D work has been in the field of Computers and Communications in which he has held more than 75 international patents. He has now retired from IBM and is working as an independent consultant. He has been frequently retained in Monaco where he has consulted for the Princess Grace Hospital, the Police, and the Palace of HSH Rainier III. He has been very active in the Executive Boards of National Engineering Societies, has founded and chaired several Regional Engineering Societies, and was Vice-Chairman of the European Industrial Research Management Association. He has also been a member of several Universities Scientific Advisory Boards. He was Vice President Regional Activities and member of the Board of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. A Meeting On October 22, 1973 an exceptional IBM event took place. A meeting of the joint IBM boards: Corporate and World Trade outside the USA: in France ! Through almost unbelievable personal relations, our President and CEO Christian de Waldner was able to obtain the organisation of a gala dinner and music in the Versailles castle! You will see in the attached that the dinner had to be with gold dishes only for security reasons, Versailles was not equipped with fire detection and no cooking/heating material allowed.... There was no bus transportation planned, the members of the IBM France executive committee each used their private car for our guests. You may be shocked to learn that the lady in my car asked why we went so far from Paris for a cold dinner ! |
Pokoski, John - johnpokoski at comcast dot net
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IBM BACKGROUND
My first job out of college (June 1959) was on the 1401 project at Endicott's Glendale Lab. Fran Underwood was my immediate supervisor and Jim Ingram "held my card". At that point, the basic machine had been designed but the optional features were still on the drawing boards. The first engineering model was in the process of being constructed and debugged. I was green as grass and my very first assignments involved learning the system, drafting, and technical writing. Soon I was involved with debugging the system, particularly the second model, which also included optional features, and generating the necessary engineering changes. My prime responsibility was "expanded arithmetic" (multiply/divide). Later, I was involved with M/D redesign and testing, and other options such as process overlap and Sterling arithmetic. I generated documentation for the manual writers and taught several classes for customer engineers. As the system progressed, I mentored the testers on the 1401 lines in Endicott (North St.) and later helped the production line get started in San Jose. I also made numerous field trips to aid customer engineers stuck on tough bugs and to install major engineering changes. After three years on the 1401 I spent a year on development of an optical card reader after which I left IBM for academia. This was an exciting time in my professional life and the wide range of experiences that I had at IBM was invaluable to me in my teaching career.
More info about people in "A 5 minute video of the Old IBM and the IBM 1401"
on the first page of this web site.
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from http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20160124/NEWS/160129525/-1/ARCHIVE
| Teamwork saves man from sudden cardiac arrest 78 year old collapsed playing basketball Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Robert Helm talks with patient John Pokoski. Pokoski experienced a sudden cardiac arrest and is in recovery after receiving six bypasses at Portsmouth Regional Hospital. Photo by Ioanna Raptis/Seacoastonline
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Stanley Smillie - by Gary Mokotoff
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Stan Smillie only worked as a summer employee at IBM in 1960 and 1961. He was the author of the Arith phases of 1401 FORTRAN II. He graduated Bronx High School of Science in 1961.
He was a genius. He discovered the seven-character Store B Register command on the 1401. The command was undocumented until he recognized the value of this instruction. He was a master at using the chaining feature of the 1401, that is, issuing computer instructions with missing operands and taking advantage of the contents of the A- and B-register values left by the previous instruction. Anyone who reads the coding of the Arith phases of FORTRAN II will see his craftsmanship. When he got out of the Air Force in 1967, he was contacted by Gary Mokotoff, whom he met in the 1401 group. Gary was in the process of leaving IBM to form a software company. In 1968 the two started Data Usage Corp for the purpose of developing systems software for the IBM System 360 Model 20. Their only product was Documatic, a program that documented programs written in RPG. It converted RPG programs to English-language documentation. ... In 1987, Stan was diagnosed with lung cancer (he was a non-smoker but his father died of cancer at a young age) and he died in May 1988 at the age of 46. |
Swanson, Jan - died 2010 - jsbarris at aol dot com
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full bio in HTML 20 KBytes, or WORD 857 KBytes. The 1401 Reference Manual Story by Jan Swanson, 7 KBytes
EDUCATION: BS - Syracuse University - Business Administration - Marketing 1956 to 1979 C INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Responsibilities ranged from one-on-one customer service (systems engineering) and training of such customers as Eastman Kodak and Bausch and Lomb to product planning and development of major IBM systems starting with the 1401 and ending with the System 38.
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Underwood, Fran - Born 6/16/1926 - Died 9/25/2011
Designer of the 1401
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Francis Underwood's career at IBM spanned 30 years of design engineering, including chief architect of the IBM 1401 Data Processing System, co-designer of the IBM 1800 Data Acquisition and Control System, and co-inventor of the forerunner to the floppy disk. He began his IBM career in 1948 at the Endicott NY lab as a customer engineer, where his training included hands-on assembly of punched card accounting machines. He was promoted to a design engineer, teaching switching and logic design classes.
In 1956, he joined Endicott's Advanced Systems Development Department (ASDD) and in 1957 was asked to jump-start IBM's transistorized accounting machine development. In early 1958, based on his Stored-Program Accounting and Calculating Equipment (SPACE) design, he became chief architect of the IBM 1401, announced in October 1959 and one of IBM's most successful and early transistorized products. He transferred to the San Jose lab in 1961 to co-develop the IBM 1800 process control computer and then, in the Instructional Systems Development Department (ISDD), an audio/visual instructional terminal with a forerunner to the floppy disk.
In 1972, after two years out of IBM at a startup firm, he returned to San Jose to coordinate engineering development of the IBM 3800 laser Printer. Francis retired from IBM in 1980 to start an engineering consulting firm designing tools and machines for small manufacturing businesses and metal recovery plants. In 1988 he joined an international firm designing ski lifts for 15 years. Fran was an avid Stearman aerobatic biplane pilot, a watercolor artist and holds six US IBM patents. |
Wertheim, John - amenschw at aol dot com
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I joined IBM in 1957 in the Research Division and programmed the IBM 305 Ramac. In 1959 I transferred to Applied Programming in NYC, working for Arnie Wolf and Jack Palmer on 1401 programs, including, first, the Tape-to-Printer Utility, and then co-developing 1401 Autocoder with Gary Mokotoff.
In 1961, I transferred to Endicott, working, first, for Jim Frame, and, later, for Earl Wheeler on IBM 360 software. I managed the programming efforts for BPS, BOS, and later for TOS and DOS operating systems. I'll fill in more data later. I retired in 1989. I treasure the memories of our days working together, and I never could understand why IBM paid me to have such fun - those truly are the good old days. August 2017, Gary Mokotoff advises that John Wertheim is deceased. |
list from GENE DARROW (contact info removed for now)
DON MANNING
CONTRIBUTION
-MECH. ENG.
-HAMMER UNIT
-CHAIN AND TRAIN
-MAY HAVE SOME EARLY PARTS AND MANUALS
ROBERT GIBSON
CONTRIBUTION
-NOT DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1403 DEVELOPMENT
-HAS A GOOD MEMORY OF EVENTS AND WAS PRINTER PRODUCTS PLANNING MANAGER
FOLLOWING THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY OF THE 1403 PRINTER.
ROBERT GREAVES
CONTRIBUTION
-DURING THE EARLY 1403 DEVELOPMENT,HE WAS ASSISTANT TO THE LAB MGR.
-NO HANDS ON DEVELOPMENT EFFORT
JIM WALSH
CONTRIBUTION
-MECHANICAL ENGINEER- 3RD LEVEL PRODUCT ENGINEERING MGR. DURING A PORTION
OF THE 1403 PROGRAM.
TIM HAYES (SEE NOTE BELOW)
-TIM WAS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER ON THE PROGRAM.
FOR YOUR INFO,THE TWO KEY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS ON THE PROGRAM ,
AS I REMEMBER WERE JAMES BARCOMB AND FRED SCHAAF.
BOTH OF THEM PASSED AWAY WITHIN THE PAST YEAR.
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