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Assembled in an original black ACCOpress post binder (cat. no. BG-250), this working set gathers several IBM Systems Reference Library manuals for the IBM 1410/7010 family, focused on COBOL and the 1410/7010 Operating System (project code 1410-PR-155). The binder houses tabbed sections with matching IBM grey index tabs and includes the following titles as photographed:

• IBM 1410/7010 Operating System (1410-PR-155) — COBOL, File No. 1410/7010-24, major revision noted May 1965 (Form C28-0327-3).

• Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL) — General Information, Form F28-8053-2 (introductory primer and language overview).

• IBM 1410 Programming Systems — COBOL, Additional Specifications, Form C28-0301 (implementation-specific details for the 1410).

• IBM 1410/7010 Operating System (1410-PR-155) — System Monitor, File No. 1410/7010-36 (Form C28-0319-4).

Physically, this is a well-kept working programmer’s set: the boards show gentle sheen, scattered rubs and small edge bumps from shelf use; the metal posts have light oxidation typical of period ACCO hardware; page edges with mild toning and the occasional fingertip mark from reference; one title page bears a faint pencil name; pencil markings visible on a few pages internally; tabs remain complete and functional; paper is still supple with solid post holes. Overall, the manuals present cleanly and remain perfectly usable for research or display.

Historically, the IBM 1410 (introduced in 1960) and compatible IBM 7010 were transistorized business data-processing systems used widely by banks, insurers, manufacturers, and government labs through the mid-1960s. In this period the industry adopted COBOL, created under the CODASYL committee (1959–60) to standardize business-oriented programming in English-like statements. IBM’s Systems Reference Library volumes—often printed for the Data Processing Division in White Plains, Poughkeepsie, and Kingston, New York—guided programmers from language basics to device control, wrong-length-record checks, carriage-control printing, tape/disk file formats, compiler options, diagnostics, and the System Monitor that linked resident, transient, and linkage-loader components. Surviving multi-manual working binders like this one document how enterprises actually built and maintained batch COBOL applications for mid-century mainframes.

A useful artifact for computer-history collectors, museum educators, and anyone researching early commercial programming practice on the 1410/7010 platform. The set provides a coherent, period-correct snapshot—primer, specifications, analysis guide, and system monitor—in one practical binder as used on the shop floor.

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Binder measures approximately 11 1/2 inches tall by 9 inches wide by 1 inch thick.

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