• 1966

Hardware Description

The OKIMINITAC5000, announced by Oki Electric industry in 1966 as a computer for office use, performed both real-time and batch processing for billing, and was capable of simultaneously processing different jobs with up to 8 OKITYPER typewriters. To achieve this functionality, the main memory unit was 16 kilobytes magnetic core, and sorting processing was done with a 67 kilobytes magnetic drum.