... carried Computing Comes of Age, 1956–1964 71quality of ‘‘random access’’: that any piece of data was as accessible asany other, in contrast to the sequential retrieval of a datum from a deck of ... penetration of computing two decades later, inthe form of automatic teller machines, bar-coded products scanned atsupermarket and retail check-out stations, and massive financial andpersonal databases ... editorial hand of Santo (Sandi) Lanzarotta, and especiallyRobert Forest after 1963, Datamation developed a perfect balance:relentless criticism of IBM for its alleged heavy hand, tempered by a passion...