Honeywell, recognizing the success of the IBM 1401 Computer , developed a small scale business computer named the Honeywell H-200 which is shown below.
Totally, there were over 10,000 installed 1401 systems up and running by the mid-1960s. During its lifetime about 20,000 total systems were manufactured, making the IBM 1401 one of
IBM's most successful products.
The IBM 1401 was also commonly used as an off-line peripheral controller in many installations converting
punched cards to magnetic tape which would be processed on larger computers.
Announced in December 3, 1963, the Honeywell H-200 directly attacked the IBM 1401 using a program named
Liberator which could translate the 1401 assembly language to run on the H-200. This made converting to the
H-200 comparatively easy.
The H-200 line was discontinued in the early 1970s but not before it replaced numerous IBM
1401's. It was often referred to as the "Fast 1401" and the "1401 killer."