Editing IBM 701 (section)

===Hardware configuration===
[[File:IBM 701 frame.jpg|thumb|IBM 701 processor frame, showing 1071 of the vacuum tubes]]
[[File:IBM 700 logic module.jpg|thumb|[[Vacuum tube]] logic module from a 700 series IBM computer.]]
The IBM 701 system<ref>{{cite journal|title=IBM Type 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine|journal=Digital Computer Newsletter|date=October 1953|volume=5|issue=4|pages=7–8|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/onr/Digital_Computer_Newsletter/Digital_Computer_Newsletter_V05N04_Oct53.pdf|language=en}}</ref> was composed of the following units:
*IBM 701 - Analytical Control Unit ([[Central processing unit|CPU]])
*IBM 706 - Electrostatic Storage Unit (2048 words of [[Williams tube]] Memory)
*[[IBM 711]] - [[Punched card|Punched Card]] Reader (150 Cards/min.)
*[[IBM 716]] - Printer (150 Lines/min.)
*IBM 721 - Punched Card Recorder (100 Cards/min.)
*[[IBM 726]] - [[Magnetic Tape]] Reader/Recorder (100 Bits/inch)
*[[IBM 727]] - Magnetic Tape Reader/Recorder (200 Bits/inch)
*IBM 731 - [[Drum memory|Magnetic Drum]] Reader/Recorder
*IBM 736 - Power Frame #1
*IBM 737 - Magnetic Core Storage Unit (4096 words of 12 μs Core Memory)  
*[[IBM 740]] - Cathode Ray Tube Output Recorder
*IBM 741 - Power Frame #2
*IBM 746 - Power Distribution Unit
*IBM 753 - Magnetic Tape Control Unit (controlled up to ten IBM 727s)

The total weight (depending on configuration) was about {{Convert|20516|lb|ST MT|1}}.<ref>
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL61-ibm07.html#IBM-701|title=IBM 701|last=Weik|first=Martin H.|date=March 1961|website=www.ed-thelen.org|series=A Third Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems|access-date=2018-05-25}}<br/><br/>What's included in total weight:
*{{Cite web|url=http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL-i.html#IBM-701|title=IBM-701|last=Weik|first=Martin H.|date=December 1955|website=www.ed-thelen.org|series=A Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems|access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref>