the program size that the first Fortran compilers could successfully translate because the machine would fail before a successful compilation of a large program. See also GM-NAA I/O List of vacuum-tube computers Vocaloid References Further reading Charles J. Bashe, Lyle R. Johnson, John H. Palmer, Emerson W. Pugh, IBM's Early Computers (MIT Press, Cambridge, 1986) Steven Levy, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution External links Oral history interview with Gene Amdahl Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Amdahl discusses his role in the design of several computers for IBM including the STRETCH, IBM 701, and IBM 704. He discusses his work with Nathaniel Rochester and IBM's management of the design process for computers. 704 7 0704 36-bit computers Computer-related introductions in 1954