Informative 1960 video (enhanced) about IBM 1401 which perhaps was first computer model name that registered in my mind during early 1980s student days in Bombay

Informative 1960 video (enhanced) about IBM 1401 which I think I had heard/read about in early 1980s in my student days in Bombay/Mumbai, even before I got into software field: Computer History: IBM 1401 Mainframe Data Processing System 1960 ENGLISH version (HD), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZIIMElB2Wo , 8 min. 17 secs. 

[I did B.Sc. Physics followed by half a year or so of M.Sc. Physics (in 1983-84) before I dropped out of M.Sc. Physics and started looking out for a job in software field.] I think IBM 1401 was the first computer model name that registered in my mind. But I have never physically seen an IBM 1401.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1401 tells us, "During the 1970s, IBM installed many 1401s in India and Pakistan where they were in use well into the 1980s." I think that explains why I had heard/read about IBM 1401 in the early 1980s in my student days. I think the electric (& transport) company in Bombay then - BEST, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brihanmumbai_Electric_Supply_and_Transport - used an IBM 1401.

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