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Home sweet home for computers. There will be more business machines per square desk jammed into this building when it is completed than in any other o(...)
Home sweet home for computers. There will be more business machines per square desk jammed into this building when it is completed than in any other o(...)

Home sweet home for computers. There will be more business machines per square desk jammed into this building when it is completed than in any other o(...)

Date5/3/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Home sweet home for computers. There will be more business machines per square desk jammed into this building when it is completed than in any other office in Canada. It's the new $6;000;000; split-level national headquarters for International Business Machines of Canada; a modern; sprawling building atop the gently rising slopes near the Inn-On-The-Park on Eglinton East. Due to be completed in mid-summer; the complex will house all 1;000 of IBM's headquarters staff under one roof.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110093F
H. H. Williams Building. International Business Machines Co. Ltd. purchased this week, through W. H. Bosley and Co., realtors, the H. H. Williams buil(...)
H. H. Williams Building. International Business Machines Co. Ltd. purchased this week, through W. H. Bosley and Co., realtors, the H. H. Williams buil(...)
1/14/1938
Latter-day Robin Hoods?: Marcello Rocca, a 25-year-old computer wizard, and his brother Mario, left, who's trained in accounting, hold their Trojan computer, cheaper than but compatible with IBM machines
Latter-day Robin Hoods?: Marcello Rocca, a 25-year-old computer wizard, and his brother Mario, left, who's trained in accounting, hold their Trojan computer, cheaper than but compatible with IBM machines
11/29/1985
April 8, A plastic cocoon of more than 26,000 square of polythene sheeting towers 100 feet in the air, protecting the dome of the almost-completed McLaughlin Planetarium
April 8, A plastic cocoon of more than 26,000 square of polythene sheeting towers 100 feet in the air, protecting the dome of the almost-completed McLaughlin Planetarium
4/25/1968
Medical students can experiment and practise more effectively on computers and robots than on animals, a Washington physician says. Dr. Neal Barnard, 34, a psychiatrist who founded the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in 1984, told a seminar yesterday at a Toronto hospital that the medical community must weigh the interests of the animals before using them.
Medical students can experiment and practise more effectively on computers and robots than on animals, a Washington physician says. Dr. Neal Barnard, 34, a psychiatrist who founded the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in 1984, told a seminar yesterday at a Toronto hospital that the medical community must weigh the interests of the animals before using them.
10/8/1987
Big break for Canada: David Knight demostrates a TV home computer terminal that uses Canadian Telidon technology to link home TVs to outside computers through telephone lines
Big break for Canada: David Knight demostrates a TV home computer terminal that uses Canadian Telidon technology to link home TVs to outside computers through telephone lines
5/20/1981
In the lab: Teacher Robert Lau tested the new IBM laptop and found it was a winner in many comparisons with bigger desk top machines
In the lab: Teacher Robert Lau tested the new IBM laptop and found it was a winner in many comparisons with bigger desk top machines
3/31/1991
More than credit: Even the big department stores plan to offer automated teller machines for shoppers who wish to withdraw cash from financial institution accounts
More than credit: Even the big department stores plan to offer automated teller machines for shoppers who wish to withdraw cash from financial institution accounts
6/6/1978
Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)
Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)
1/3/1991
Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)
Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)
1/3/1991
Automatic sorting machines now in Ottawa can handle more than 26,000 pieces of mail-marked with the new postal code-in an hour. Postal officials say a(...)
Automatic sorting machines now in Ottawa can handle more than 26,000 pieces of mail-marked with the new postal code-in an hour. Postal officials say a(...)
9/15/1973
Mob scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
Mob scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
5/25/1984
Mod scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
Mod scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
5/25/1984