List of IBM products

Control panel for the IBM 526 Printing Summary Punch, ca. 1948, with French keyboard layout

The following is a list of products, some notable, some less so, from the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation and its predecessor corporations, beginning in the 1890s, and spanning punched card equipment, time clocks, typewriters, computers, and more.

This list is eclectic; it includes, for example, the AN/FSQ-7, which was not a product in the sense of offered for sale, but was a product in the sense of manufactured—produced by the labor of IBM. Several machines manufactured for the Astronomical Computing Bureau at Columbia University are included, as are some machines built only as demonstrations of IBM technology. Missing are RPQs, OEM products (semiconductors, for example), and supplies (punched cards, for example). These products and others are missing simply because no one has added them.

IBM sometimes uses the same number for a system and for the principal component of that system. For example, the IBM 604 Calculating Unit is a component of the IBM 604 Calculating Punch. And different IBM divisions used the same model numbers; for example IBM 01 without context clues could be a reference to a keypunch or to IBM's first electric typewriter.

Number sequence may not correspond to product development sequence. For example, the 402 tabulator was an improved, modernized, 405.[1]

IBM uses two naming structures for its modern hardware products. Products are normally given a three- or four-digit machine type and a model number (can be a mix of letters and numbers). A product may also have a marketing or brand name. For instance, 2107 is the machine type for the IBM System Storage DS8000. While the majority of products are listed here by machine type, there are instances where only a marketing or brand name is used. Care should be taken when searching for a particular product as sometimes the type and model numbers overlap. For instance the IBM storage product known as the Enterprise Storage Server is machine type 2105, and the IBM printing product known as the IBM Infoprint 2105 is machine type 2705, so searching for an IBM 2105 could result in two different products—or the wrong product—being found.

IBM introduced the 80-column rectangular hole punched card in 1928. Pre-1928 machine models that continued in production with the new 80-column card format had the same model number as before. Machines manufactured prior to 1928 were, in some cases, retrofitted with 80-column card readers and/or punches thus there existed machines with pre-1928 dates of manufacture that contain 1928 technology.

This list is organized by classifications of both machines and applications, rather than by product name. Thus some (few) entries will be duplicated. The 1420, for example, is listed both as a member of the 1401 family and as a machine for Bank and finance.

IBM product names have varied over the years; for example these two texts both reference the same product.

This article uses the name, or combination of names, most descriptive of the product. Product numbers include leading zeros; 080 not 80 for example. Thus the entry for the above is

Products of The Tabulating Machine Company can be identified by date, before 1933 when the subsidiaries were merged into IBM. Whether or not the two digit/three digit product numbers identify TMC/IBM products is not known.

Unit record equipment

Keypunches and verifiers

Sorters, Statistical, and derived machines

Collators

Reproducing Punch, Summary Punch, Gang Punch, and derived machines

Interpreters

Tabulators, Accounting machines, Printers

402 and known versions

404

405 and known versions

407 and known versions

Calculators

IBM 601

Time Equipment Division

Front cover of a sales catalog from January 1920. The cover also shows scales and a portable keypunch(2nd from bottom lower left)

IBM manufactured a range of clocks and other devices until 1958 when they sold the Time Equipment Division to Simplex Time Recorder Company (SimplexGrinnell, as of 2001). See:

Typewriters and dictating equipment

Copier/Duplicators

The IBM line of Copier/Duplicators, and their associated service contracts, were sold to Eastman Kodak in 1988.[72]

Other non-computer products

Computers based on vacuum tubes (1950s)

For these computers most components were unique to a specific computer and are shown here immediately following the computer entry.

Solid-state computers based on discrete transistors (1960s)

Further information: IBM mainframe, IBM minicomputer.

IBM 1400 series: 1240, 1401, 1410, 1420, 1440, 1450, 1460, 7010

IBM 1620

IBM 7030 (Stretch)

IBM 7070 series: 7070, 7072, 7074

IBM 7080

IBM 7090 series: 7040, 7044, 7090, 7094, 7094 II

Later Solid state computers & systems

Computers based on SLT or discrete IC CPUs (1964 to 1989)

Computers based on discrete IC CPUs (1990 to present)

Computers based on microprocessor CPUs (1981 to present)

Computers

Supercomputers

Microprocessors

Solid State Computer peripherals

Punched card and paper tape equipment

Printer/plotter equipment and terminals

Data storage units

Core storage

Magnetic drum storage

Direct Access Storage Devices

In IBM's terminology beginning with the System/360 disk and such devices featuring short access times were collectively called DASD. The IBM 2321 Data Cell is a DASD that used tape as its storage medium. See also History of IBM magnetic disk drives.

Magnetic tape storage

Optical storage

Storage networking and virtualization

Coprocessor units

Input/Output control units

Power supply/distribution units

Modems

Other

IBM PC components and peripherals

Embedded systems, Application-specific machines/systems

Airline Reservation Systems

Bank and finance

Document processing

Educational

Government: Avionics, Computation, Command and Control, and Space systems

Industry and manufacturing

Medical/science/lab equipment

Research/Advertising (not product) machines

Retail/point-of-sale (POS)

Telecommunications

Unclassified

Computer software

Some software listings are for software families, not products (Fortran was not a product; Fortran H was a product).

Some IBM software products were distributed free (no charge for the software itself, a common practice early in the industry). The term "Program Product" was used by IBM to denote that it's freely available[152] but not for free.[153] Prior to June 1969, the majority of software packages written by IBM were available at no charge to IBM customers; with the June 1969 announcement, new software not designated as "System Control Programming" became Program Products, although existing non-system software remained available for free.[153]

Operating systems

Utilities and languages

Middleware and applications

IBM distributes its diverse collection of software products over several brands; mainly:

  1. IBM's own branding for many software products originally developed in-house;
  2. Lotus: collaboration and communication;
  3. Rational: software development and maintenance;
  4. Tivoli: management, operations, and Cloud;
  5. WebSphere: Internet.
  6. Watson Main article: IBM Watson

Watson Customer Engagement

The Watson Customer Engagement (commonly known as WCE and formerly known as IBM Commerce) business unit supports marketing, commerce, and supply chain software development and product offerings for IBM. Software and solutions offered as part of these three portfolios by WCE are as follows:

Watson Marketing Portfolio
Watson Commerce
Watson Supply Chain

Data centers

Services

See also

Notes and references

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  2. Truesdell, Leon E. (1965). The Development of Punch Card Tabulation in the Bureau of the Census 1890-1940. US GPO.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Meacham, Alan D. (1961). Data Processing Equipment Encyclopedia. Gille Associates. Book includes photos of some machines
  4. 1 2 Scans of plates in L.J. Comrie articles from Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 1928 and 1932, here
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 IBM Sales Manual. IBM. pages dated from 1963 to 1974
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Fierheller, George A. (2006). Do not fold, spindle or mutilate: the "hole" story of punched cards (PDF). Stewart Pub. ISBN 1-894183-86-X. An accessible book of recollections (sometimes with errors), with photographs and descriptions of many unit record machines.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Lars Poulsen collected a list of IBM unit record machine types and names. "It was collected over a period of several years from the alt.folklore.computers USENET group. I started out with the ones I knew, and slowly people contributed more items, until we have what you see. I could not point you to a single—or even a few—lists with attributions; it was a community effort."  Lars Poulsen That list is here
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  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 IBM Card Equipment Summary, 1957
  15. "IBM 797 Document Numbering Punch". IBM Archives. IBM.
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  17. "Port-A-Punch". IBM Archives. IBM.
  18. "Votomatic". IBM Archive. IBM.
  19. "Votamatic". Verified Voting Foundation. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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  23. "IBM Type 71 Vertical Sorter". IBM Archives. IBM.
  24. "IBM Type 80 Electric Punched Card Sorting Machine". IBM Archives. IBM.
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  26. 1 2 IBM 101 Electronic Statistical Machine, A22-0502-0
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  30. "IBM 85 collator". IBM Archives. IBM.
  31. "IBM 087". IBM Archives. IBM.
  32. "IBM 514". IBM Archives. IBM.
  33. "IBM 523 gang summary punch". IBM Archives. IBM.
  34. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 IBM Operators' Guide
  35. "IBM 550". IBM Archives. IBM.
  36. "Hollerith tabulator and sorter". IBM Archives. IBM.
  37. IBM Archives: Attic
  38. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Columbia University Computing History: IBM Tabulators and Accounting Machines
  39. "IBM 285 electric accounting machine". IBM Archives. IBM.
  40. "IBM 301 Accounting Machine". IBM Archives. IBM.
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  42. Pugh (1995) pp.50–51
  43. "The US Naval Observatory Table Printer - 1945".
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  45. IBM 402, 403 and 419 Accounting Machine. IBM. 22-5654-12.
  46. 1 2 IBM Sales Manual, 11-10-55
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  48. "IBM 405 electric punched card accounting machine". IBM Archives. IBM.
  49. 1 2 3 IBM Archives: Antique attic, vol.3 Items I-L
  50. 1 2 IBM Operator's Guide. IBM. 1955. 22-8485-3.
  51. "IBM 407 accounting machine". IBM Archives. IBM.
  52. IBM Sales Manual, 1-2-57
  53. IBM Archives: Endicott chronology
  54. Based on references such as 407-408-409 in IBM Functional Wiring PRinciples A24-1007-0, the 409 is a version of the 407
  55. IBM 407 Accounting Machine. IBM. A24-1011-0.
  56. 1 2 Bashe, Charles J.; et al. (1986). IBM's Early Computers. MIT. ISBN 0-262-02225-7.
  57. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Columbia University Computing History: IBM Calculators
  58. 1 2 "IBM Relay Calculator". IBM Archives. IBM.
  59. "IBM 603 electronic multiplier". IBM Archives. IBM.
  60. 1 2 "Card-Programmed Calculator". IBM Archives. IBM.
  61. "IBM 608 calculator". IBM Archives. IBM.
  62. IBM Sales Manual 1979 p.M 1.30
  63. 1 2 IBM WTC 212-9924-0
  64. 1 2 International Time Recording Co. catalog, 1935 or earlier.
  65. "Remote Control Keyboard". IBM Archives. IBM.
  66. "IBM Model 01 electric typewriter". IBM Archives. IBM.
  67. "Model A Standard Electric Typewriter". IBM Archives. IBM.
  68. "IBM Selectric Typewriter". IBM Archives. IBM.
  69. "IBM Executary Model 212". IBM Archives. IBM.
  70. "IBM Office Products Division highlights: Page 2". IBM Archives. IBM.
  71. "New I.B.M. Copier". The New York Times. May 14, 1982. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  72. "1988". IBM Archives: 1980s. IBM.
  73. 1 2 3 4 5 Pugh, Emerson W. (1995). Building IBM: Shaping an Industry and Its Technology. MIT. ISBN 0-262-16147-8.
  74. "IBM 805 Test Scoring Machine". IBM Archives. IBM.
  75. Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1962: July–December By Library of Congress. Copyright Office, p.1518
  76. "The IBM Lectern". IBM Archives. IBM.
  77. "IBM Radiotype". IBM Archives. IBM.
  78. "Scanistor". IBM Archives. IBM.
  79. "IBM Shoebox". IBM Archives. IBM.
  80. "IBM Ticketograph". IBM Archives. IBM.
  81. "IBM Toll Collection System". IBM Archives. IBM.
  82. "IBM Wireless Translation System". IBM Archives. IBM.
  83. "IBM Instruments Hydrogen Peroxide Analyzer". IBM Archives. IBM.
  84. "IBM Industrial Products PW 200 Percussive Welder". IBM Archives. IBM.
  85. "IBM Industrial Scale". IBM Archives. IBM.
  86. 1 2 "FAQ's for Products and Services". IBM Archives. IBM.
  87. "Electric scoreboards (1949)". IBM Archives. IBM.
  88. "IBM 305 RAMAC". IBM Archives. IBM.
  89. 1 2 IBM 305 Reference Manual, A26-3502-0, 1958
  90. "IBM 610 Auto-Point Computer". IBM Archives. IBM.
  91. "650 Photo album". IBM Archives. IBM.
  92. "IBM 355 Disk Storage". IBM Archives. IBM.
  93. "IBM 533 Card Read Punch". IBM Archives. IBM.
  94. "IBM 537 Card Read Punch". IBM Archives. IBM.
  95. "IBM 652 Control Unit". IBM Archives. IBM.
  96. "IBM 653 Auxiliary Unit". IBM Archives. IBM.
  97. "IBM 650 Data Processing System Bulletin: Immediate Access Storage, Indexing Register, Automatic Floating-Decimal Arithmetic, and Magnetic Tape" (PDF). IBM.
  98. "IBM 650 MDDPM Additional Features: Indexing Accumulators, Floating-Decimal Arithmetic" (PDF). IBM.
  99. "IBM 655 Power Unit". IBM Archives. IBM.
  100. "IBM 650 installation With IBM 727 Magnetic Tape Unit and IBM 355 Disk Storage". IBM Archives. IBM.
  101. "IBM 838 Inquiry Station". IBM Archives. IBM.
  102. "IBM 701". IBM Archives. IBM.
  103. "IBM 706 Electrostatic storage unit". IBM Archives. IBM.
  104. 1 2 3 "IBM 711 Punched card reader". IBM Archives. IBM.
  105. 1 2 3 "IBM 716 Printer". IBM Archives. IBM.
  106. 1 2 3 "IBM 721 Punched card recorder". IBM Archives. IBM.
  107. "IBM 726 magnetic tape reader/recorder". IBM Archives. IBM.
  108. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "IBM 727 Magnetic tape unit". IBM Archive. IBM.
  109. "IBM 731 Magnetic drum reader/recorder". IBM Archives. IBM.
  110. "IBM 736 Power frame #1". IBM Archives. IBM.
  111. 1 2 3 "IBM 737 Magnetic core storage unit". IBM Archives. IBM.
  112. 1 2 3 "IBM 740 Cathode ray tube output recorder". IBM Archives. IBM.
  113. "IBM 741 Power frame #2". IBM Archives. IBM.
  114. "IBM 746 Power distribution unit". IBM Archives. IBM.
  115. "IBM 753 Magnetic tape control unit". IBM Archives. IBM.
  116. "702 Data Processing System". IBM Archives. IBM.
  117. "704 Data Processing System". IBM Archives. IBM.
  118. "705 Data Processing System". IBM Archives. IBM.
  119. "Reference Manual, IBM 705 Data Processing System" (PDF). IBM. 1959.
  120. "709 Data Processing System". IBM Archives. IBM.
  121. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "IBM 1401 and 1460 Bibliography" (PDF).
  122. 1 2 "IBM 1401 System Summary" (PDF). IBM. September 1964. pp. 9–10.
  123. "7090 Data Processing System". IBM Archives. IBM.
  124. 1 2 "IBM 2361 core storage unit". IBM Archives. IBM.
  125. "System/34". IBM Archives. IBM.
  126. 1 2 3 Elliott, Jim (2004-08-17). "The Evolution of IBM Mainframes and VM" (PDF). SHARE Session 9140. Retrieved 2007-10-21. Slide 28: "9672 to zSeries".
  127. "IBM zEnterprise BC12". IBM
  128. "Announcement letter: The IBM z13". IBM
  129. "IBM PS/1". IBM Archives. IBM.
  130. "ThinkPads". IBM Archives. IBM.
  131. IBM Corporation (1961). 1401 DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM BULLETIN : 1404 PRINTER (PDF).
  132. "IBM 3800 printer". IBM Archives. IBM.
  133. 1 2 IBM 50 Magnetic Data Inscriber, Component Description. IBM. 1969. A27-2725-2.
  134. CTSS
  135. Binary Dinosaurs
  136. "IBM 803 Proof Machine". IBM Archives. IBM.
  137. IBM Sales Manual, May 79
  138. IBM 6580 Displaywriter: IBM 6361 Mag Card Unit Customer Setup Guide, G544-2002-0 Jul81
  139. Longo, Alexander A.; Giunti, Frank E., "A Sequential Evaluation of Computer Assisted Instruction in US Army Basic Electronics Training", Annual Convention of the Association for the Development of Instructional Systems (Cap Rouge, Quebec, August 8–10, 1972).
  140. "The IBM 4020 Military Computer" (PDF). IBM Federal Systems Division. 31 October 1959. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
  141. "TRACTOR". IBM Archives. IBM.
  142. Modern Mechanix 1961.12 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/ibm-1001-data-transmission-system/
  143. "IBM 1710 industrial control system". IBM Archives. IBM.
  144. "IBM 1800 data acquisition and control system". IBM Archives. IBM.
  145. 1 2 3 "IBM Series/1". IBM Archives. IBM.
  146. "1985". IBM Archives: 1980s. IBM.
  147. "The Columbia Difference Tabulator - 1931".
  148. "The IBM Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator".
  149. ... in 2007, when IBM executive Charles Lickel challenged Dave and his team to revolutionize Deep QA and put an IBM computer against Jeopardy!'s human champions, he was off to the races.
  150. "IBM 3663 supermarket terminal". IBM Archives. IBM.
  151. "1980s". IBM Archives. IBM. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  152. Unlike a PRPQ.
  153. 1 2 "IBM Announcement of Program Products/SHARE 1969" (PDF). June 23, 1969.
  154. 1401 SPS and 1620 SPS were incompatible
  155. "i2 is now part of IBM". IBM web site. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  156. "Screen Definition Facility II". ibm.com. IBM. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  157. "IBM Computer". St. Petersburg Independent. June 11, 1968.
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