The IBM 1410 was a variable wordlength decimal computer that was announced by IBM on September 12, 1960 and marketed as a midrange "Business Computer". It was withdrawn on March 30, 1970. The 1410 was similar in design to the very popular IBM 1401, but it had one major difference. Addresses were five characters long and allowed a maximum memory of 80,000 characters, much larger than than the 16,000 characters permitted by the 1401's three character addresses.
External links
IBM Archives - 1410 (http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP1410.html)
Al Kossow's IBM 1400 Series Documents (http://www.bitsavers.org/1401/kossow-docs.html)
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