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  • Jerry Haddad describes the short development cycle (1640KB)
  • Jerry Haddad describes the short development cycle - Transcript
  • Bill McClelland defines the 701's role in IBM history (671KB)
  • Bill McClelland defines the 701's role in IBM history - Transcript
  • Nat Rochester summarizes the 701 and his career (445KB)
  • Nat Rochester summarizes the 701 and his career - Transcript
  • Tom Watson's reflections 20 years later (1752KB)
  • Tom Watson's reflections 20 years later - Transcript

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View Tom Watson explaining the 701's significance

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  • Tom Watson explaining the 701's significance - Transcript

See the 701 in operation

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  • The 701 in operation - Transcript

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