Welcome to the VIP Club
Members are retirees, former employees, spouses, and retirement eligible employees of Unisys, Lockheed Martin (LMCO), and their Twin Cities legacy companies. Join us, the remainder of this year if free if you pay $7 for 2018 or $18 for 2018-20.
Announcements*
- Blue Cube: Were you one of the engineers or programmers who worked at the Sunnnyvale Blue Cube? Take a look at http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/15/blue-cube-exhibit-planned-at-sunnyvale-museum/, they are looking for stories, etc. about their space tracking history (some classified in the 70s & 80s.) Submitted by Joe Paige II, ret. AF officer. [9/19/2017]
- Posted a January 7 event on our Social page. [9/13/17]
- Another Career Summary: 33 years developing Navy systems software by Dale Suckstorff, see http://vipclubmn.org/People6.html#DaleS. [9/13/17]
- Latest Legacy Article: Trip report about the installation of two 1104 computer systems from Curt Nelson, see http://vipclubmn.org/OurStories.html#2017. [9/13/17]
- Unihogs/Uniturkeys November 17th flyer is now available; Dr. Jeffrey Yost, Acting Director of the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota will be our guest speaker. [8/22/17]
- New Legacy Articles: We've posted the June, July, and August articles, see http://vipclubmn.org/OurStories.html#2017 - All relate to the ERA 1100 computer series. [8/8/17]
- 2020 Celebration? 2020 will be the 40th Anniversary of the VIP Club. New board members are needed to lead us over the next three years; contact Keith Behnke, Harvey Taipale, or Lowell Benson to discuss your opportunity to serve fellow retirees. [8/8/17]
- Thanks Sue: About 300 former UNISYS, Roseville enjoyed a last walkthrough of UNISYS plant 4 on June 15th. Administrator Sue Carrigan arranged to have Francoise Malek make the group photo, scroll down past the site search box. [7/20/2017]
- 18 bits! My name is Duane Craps. I worked at the
Norfolk Naval Shipyard on Naval Missile Systems which used 1219B
computers which were also known as the Mk.152 Digital Fire Control Computers. I am
involved in the restoration of the 1219B's at the Vintage Computer
Federation museum at Wall NJ. These 1219B computers were formerly at John Hopkins
University Applied Physics Laboratory where they were used in
research for the Navy's Missile Program. I have a Yahoo! group for UNIVAC Computers:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/UnivacComputers/info - In
the files area there is a zip file with my 1219/1532 emulator
and assembler program.
You 18-bit guys would be happy to know that the last Navy 1219Bs were turned off in 2015! They were at a shore site AN/SPN-42 Automatic Carrier Landing System. If you find any 1218/1219/418 information please let me know. Duane [7/20/2017] - Thanks to Dave Wilhelm: he has posted 31 nostalgic photos from the 6/15 open house of Unisys Roseville (plant 4, Building 3) facility before its final closing. The plant was in operation form 1964 until June 23rd 2017. https://get.google.com/albumarchive/100060900510377257166/album/AF1QipNNIW2qr62321rMGQCjzkye61a7TJlQWkhQzdjR?source=pwa [6/22/17]
- Quality Control: The format conversion to 'what you see now' is complete for all pages and chapters. I have not 'tested' every button nor blue highlighted link on each page and chapter. Please, if a button/tab/link doesn't work for you, send me a note - webmaster@vipclubmn.org. Thanks, LABenson! [5/19/2017]
- UBBRG last Newsletter: The Unisys Blue Bell Retirees' Group final newsletter is linked from our newsletter page. [12/20/2016]
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