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The IBM 700 series was IBM's first generation of computers. They all used vacuum tubes for the logic; initial models used Williams tube electrostatic cathode ray tubes for their main memory, but all later models switched to core memory.

At this point in time, computers for scientific and business computing used separate instruction sets, so there were two independent lines of models:

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−	The '''IBM 700 series''' was [[International Business Machines\|IBM]]'s first generation of computers. They all used [[vacuum tube]]s for the [[logic]]; initial models used [[Williams tube]] electrostatic [[main memory]], but all later models switched to [[core memory]].	+	The '''IBM 700 series''' was [[International Business Machines\|IBM]]'s first generation of computers. They all used [[vacuum tube]]s for the [[logic]]; initial models used [[Williams tube]] electrostatic [[cathode ray tube]]s for their [[main memory]], but all later models switched to [[core memory]].

	At this point in time, computers for scientific and business computing used separate [[instruction set]]s, so there were two independent lines of models:		At this point in time, computers for scientific and business computing used separate [[instruction set]]s, so there were two independent lines of models: