IBM 2770 Suite

The IBM 2770 Data Communication System was introduced in 1969 as an integrated suite of products. Click next and previous buttons on the image to peruse the manual.

  • 2772 Network maximum speed: 2400 bits/second.
  • 2213 Printer: 7x5 dot matrix, 132 cols at 2 seconds per line
  • 2502 Card Reader: 150 or 300 cards per minute
  • 2265 Monitor: 14" CRT - 15 row / 64 col or 12 row / 80 col
  • 545 Output Card Punch: up to 20 columns per second
  • 1017 Paper Tape Reader: paper and laminated polyester tape

IBM System/370 Model 168

The IBM System/370 Model 168 was announced on Aug. 2 1972. The memory was "four-way doubleword interleaved" and could be 1 up to 8 megabytes and offered "tightly coupled multiprocessing". The related IBM 3330 family of disk drives featuring removable disk packs with up to 200 megabyte capacity, the console printer could output 85 characters per second, and the system console included a light pen and a microfiche document viewer. The System/370 Model 168 was finally withdrawn on Sept. 15 1980.