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| Oct. 28 |
IBM announces System/7. The announcement includes IBM 5010 processor modules Models A2, A4, A6, A8, A10, A12, A14, A16, B2, B4, B6, B8, B12, B14 and B16; IBM 5014 analog input module Models B1 and C1; IBM 5026 enclosure modules Models A2, C3, C6, D3 and D6; IBM 5028 operator station Model 1; and IBM 5029 attach accessories. |
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| May 25 |
IBM reports on the use
of ultrasonic vibration to remove contaminants from
circuit boards before they are installed in the
System/7s being manufactured at the Boca Raton plant.
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| July 14 |
IBM announces major enhancements for System/7, including the IBM 5022 disk module for increased disk storage and IBM 7414 process operators console.
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| Sept. 16 |
The first System/7 is delivered (to American Motors Corporation in Kenosha, Wisc.). The System/7 will be used by the customer in production-line testing and the analysis of automotive exhaust emissions for pollution control. It was delivered two months ahead of schedule from the Boca Raton plant. |
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| Feb. 15 |
IBM says that FORTRAN would be made available for the System/7. A new program, called System/7 FORTRAN IV Host Compiler and Library, runs on an IBM System/370 or System/360 serving as a host, or program preparation, computer. The host computer translates FORTRAN statements into an operational program for use on a System/7, allowing the high-level language to be used to write application programs for the small, sensor-based computer.
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| July 24 |
IBM announces the IBM 5012 System/7 multifunction module Model A1 and IBM 51013 System/7 digital input/output unit Model 1. |
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| February |
The Rochester plant is using a System/7 to automatically control the test punch unit of each IBM 3525 card punch it manufactures.
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| March |
Boca Raton ships the first audio response custom unit produced for System/7.
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IBM and a customer share an Academy Award for technical achievement for a System/7-based technique for improving the reliability and efficiency of balancing color in films.
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| May |
IBM signs a contract with AT&T for several hundred System/7s, the largest commercial order for data processing in IBM's history up to that time.
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| July 31 |
IBM announces a larger capacity model of the IBM System/7, along with enhanced communications and standalone programming capabilities, to broaden the scope of sensor-based applications. Included in the announcement are the IBM 5010 processor module Models D1, E1, E2, E16, E20, E24, E28, E32, E36, E40, E44, E48, E52, E56, E60 and E64. |
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| July |
Additional System/7 enhancements are announced. |
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| March 11 |
Following a General Systems Division manufacturing realignment, the Boca Raton plant is to continue to manufacture the System/7, along with the IBM System/3, for customers in the United States and Canada. (By 1979, Boca is also producing the IBM Series/1 and IBM 3715 serial matrix printer). |
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| March 20 |
The System/7 is withdrawn from marketing. |
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