https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b93fd9e3-d605-407d-b334-1490eab23314 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This film "Graphic Data Processing" was made by International Business Machines and likely dates to about 1965. It presents a lecture presented by IBM'er Fred Smith, who shows off IBM's IBM's Graphic Data Processing System for the IBM System/360. This was introduced as an innovative solution for engineers, scientists, and business professionals, offering interactive graphical input, manipulation, and output capabilities. The system includes a console with a high-resolution CRT display, a light pen, programmable keys, and an alphanumeric keyboard; a recorder that outputs detailed images to microfilm; and a scanner that digitizes existing drawings for further editing. Live demonstrations showcase its ability to draw, modify, and store images, perform zooming and high-resolution scanning, and use the recorder as a high-speed printer. Practical applications included creating circuit schematics, designing PCBs with real-time routing and editing, and simulating RC circuits with dynamic waveform adjustments. Overall, IBM positioned the system as a groundbreaking tool that introduced a new era of visual, interactive computing, empowering users to work more intuitively and efficiently with data. 00:00 IBM announces its Graphic Data Processing System for the IBM System/360, designed for engineers, scientists, and business professionals. It enables graphic input, manipulation, and output of data, representing a significant advancement in user interaction with computers. 1:34: The system is composed of three main units: a console for input and display, a recorder that outputs data to microfilm, and a scanner that inputs data from microfilm. This combination allows for a seamless graphic data workflow. 2:19: The console includes a CRT display capable of addressing over one million points, a light pen for interactive input, programmable function keys, and an alphanumeric keyboard. 3:25: The recorder writes output to 35mm microfilm with over 16 million points of resolution. The scanner digitizes engineering drawings from film or aperture cards, enabling further manipulation and editing within the system. 5:00: A live demo showcases drawing and sketching with the light pen. Images can be smoothed, modified, stored, and compared. Users can scale, rotate, and reposition images independently before storing or recording them—highlighting the system’s flexibility and interactivity. 9:45: Scanning full images and using the light pen to zoom into small, specific areas. High-resolution scanning allows users to modify and enlarge selected elements within a drawing, supporting detailed editing and analysis. 14:14: The recorder also functions as a high-speed printer by using a character generator to convert alphanumeric data from BCD tape to film. This feature offers a graphical alternative to traditional line printers like the IBM 1403. 17:28: An application example illustrates the creation of circuit schematics directly on-screen. Users can utilize function keys mapped to electrical symbols, overlay guides, a light pen for symbol placement, and alphanumeric input. Circuit files can be stored, retrieved, and modified using part numbers. 26:36: Application: Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design . Another demo focuses on PCB design, showing how users can perform interactive wiring layout with features like grid snapping, land areas, and prevention of wire crossovers. The design process supports editing, moving, or deleting nets, with output rendered to film with or without a grid background. 32:38 : Application: The system performs real-time dynamic simulation of electrical circuits. Users can draw and adjust input and output waveforms, modify component values, and change the time scale interactively. Simulation results can be recorded for documentation or further analysis. 37:02 This is a new era in graphics-based computing. With visual, interactive, and real-time capabilities, the system empowers users in ways not previously possible. 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. 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