https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b4188ccf-aace-4e12-b011-4c34ca74fc3b Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com "Office Systems Report"; a vintage office technology promo film created by IBM, showcases some of the company's 'new' technologies and the "office of the future". It promotes the Displaywriter Microcomputer system and reassures clients that IBM products in this era are compatible with one another, resulting in a highly efficient office. The 5520 Administrator System and 8100 Distributed Office System are discussed. The 5520 Administrative System was first announced by IBM General Systems Division (GSD) in 1979; it was intended to complement existing products lines with text editing and data processing power and bolster the company in a market share fight against rival Wang. The IBM 8100 Information System, announced Oct. 3, 1978, was at one time IBM’s principal distributed processing engine, providing local processing capability under two incompatible operating systems (DPPX and DPCX) and was a follow-on to the IBM 3790. The film opens with images of an IBM secretary slipping a large floppy disk into an IBM Displaywriter Computer terminal (1:05). The secretary works on an IBM 3120 (1:15). Tony Stefanis, division director of small and office system marketing for IBM (1:16), Stefanis discusses document interchange capabilities, compatibility between computers, terminals and printers, and discusses the company's objective to meet the viewers' offices' needs. The 6670 laser printer is discussed (2:05). At (2:07) a view of New York City and the twin towers of the World Trade Center is shown with picture-in-picture images of a Displaywriter printing. An African American executive requests an inventory file from a secretary named Erin, who types at a keyboard (3:27). Personal computing is discussed in relation to the office setting (3:59). A close shot of the secretary's display screen follows (4:06). An IBM personal computer is discussed (4:11). The Display Writer's personal computing capability follows (4:25). The IBM logo closes the film (4:56). The IBM Displaywriter System 6580 was a dedicated microcomputer-based word processing machine that IBM's Office Products Division introduced in June 1980. The system consisted of a central processing unit, based on the Intel 8086, in a desktop case, a monochrome CRT monitor atop the CPU, a detached keyboard, a detached dual disk drive that used 8-inch floppy disks, and a detached daisy wheel printer. The system booted from an 8-inch floppy disk that stored IBM's internally developed word processing software. The operator stored the "documents" (i.e., data files) on additional diskettes. A basic system — consisting of a display with a typewriter-like keyboard and a logic unit, a printer and a device to record and read diskettes capable of storing more than 100 pages of average text — cost $7,895 and leased for $275 a month. The basic word-processing software was Textpack E, with simple mail merge; Textpack 2 added support for double-sided disks, networking, spellchecking, and print spooling; Textpack 4 added automatic hyphenation, columns, and more sophisticated merging; and Textpack 6 added automatic footnoting and outlining. Other options included multilingual dictionaries, graphics, and reports. The Displaywriter's features were comparable to other dedicated word processing machines of its era. The features included mail-merge, with fields designated as a01, a02, a03, etc. Elementary arithmetic could be applied to the fields.The basic IBM Displaywriter was a standalone system. An optional central storage and management unit was available, which permitted multiple Displaywriters to share storage and a printer. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. 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