In late 1973, ArcBest carrier ABF Freight opened a new service center in Memphis, Tennessee.

At an open house for employees and families, employees posed with 'one of three 2740 machines in the new terminal,' according to a handwritten note on the photo.

Employees at the ABF Freight service center in Memphis pose with one of the IBM 2740 machines in late 1973.

According to a 1973 edition of By-Lines, an employee magazine, service centers throughout the ABF Freight system housed 'IBM 2740 communications centers.'

The IBM Archives call the model a 'typewriter communications terminal,' describing it as 'a remote input/output terminal providing direct access to a computer such as an IBM System 360 … ideally suited for text handling, online computation and programming applications.'

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