Photo: IBM 4979 terminal for an IBM Series/1 minicomputer

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Identifier
2016.3.83
Description
Black and white photo of the IBM 4979 on a table. On the screen is a list and execution. Back says "79-3-33-4".

The language of the sample program shown is Waterloo BASIC. This can be identified by the language extensions (while/endloop, indentation, message numbering like "EX-00"). Given the date as 1979 and the IBM terminal, this terminal was connected to an IBM Series/1 minicomputer, which was the original platform on which Waterloo BASIC was implemented.
Related Term
CRT Terminals (is described by)
External links
Archive of the IBM manual for the device.
Related people
Angela Tran (documented)
Jim Marshall (donor)