# \#ibm-701 **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/ibm-701/4747.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [From 1951—“Piercing the Unknown”, IBM Mainframe Scientific Computers](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/from-1951-piercing-the-unknown-ibm-mainframe-scientific-computers/3708)
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The computer shown in this vintage film, whose model number is never given, was announced to the public on 1952-05-21 as the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine. This was IBM’s first production elec…