IBM STRETCH - A Technology Link Between Yesterday & Tomorrow

[Ghandi1998]

Its funny cause im watching this on my ipod

[Robbob9933]

Funny that this was a 64bit machine and it took eons in the microprocessors arena to get this far.

[MissouriMatt54]

wow!

[dimbulb23]

If nothing else this film demonstrates just what a huge and varied field computer science is. This 1981 film shows how that particular project was seen by one segment of the "Computer World". To the producers of this video Stretch was significant and major player in their computer world. I was also in my own computer world at that time having worked for IBM from 68 till 98, but I never heard of Stretch. I learn something new every day.

[Dms12444]

A great era of computer history. Had the Stretch never existed I would not be sitting here today typing this message. One great computer, a truly sad moment when the last one was shut down.

[lemonlimestiv]

ya but can it play space war?

[leowalding]

I worked as an electronic tech at Control Data and know I spied some Control Data big iron hooked up to the wonderful stretch machine. Long live IBM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9760 was the storage I believe.

[katayamma]

Now that's some serious history. My father used to talk about working on the Stretch when he was at IBM. Definitely wild times.