Taking a look at the IBM 3215 console terminal and printer, 1973
Faculty , Inaugurations , Visiting VIPs
This device was used to control the operations of the Main Frame (IBM 370/155). When the machine was started, messages were printed on the sheet of paper (known as the fan fold pack). These messages would indicate the status of the system. It could print at a speed of 85 characters per second according to a report in The New Indian Express.
The IBM 370 followed a batch system where programs were submitted in punched cards. Computer Operators were trained to work with the device in scheduling the programs submitted on punched cards. They were also trained to attend to the devices such as printer, tape drive and disk packs.
From left, Mr. Kapoor (IBM Systems Engineer, seated at the terminal), Prof. H. N. Mahabala (Professor-in-charge, Computer Centre, third from left) and Mr. C. Subramaniam (Union Minister for Industrial Development and Science and Technology, fourth from left) and Mr. A. L. Taylor (Regional General Manager, IBM, India, fifth from left). The other persons in the photograph are yet to be identified.
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