1. Welcome to our web site:
The VIP CLUB
was created in 1980 as the Sperry Retirees Club - a non-profit, social and service organization.
From 70 initial members, we've grown to over 900 retirees, former employees
and retirement eligible employees of UNISYS, Lockheed Martin MS2, and their Twin Cities 'heritage’
companies illustrated in the IT Legacy icon at the left of all of our pages.
With two levels of web page select tabs, we provide Club information as sub-tabs under this Home page.
Except for the Contact Us tab, the other major tabs and associated sub-tab pages are an anthology of our
Information Technology (IT) Pioneering experiences and products as contributed by almost 300 writers.
Much of this IT Legacy was in the Defense computer industry, we proudly fly the
American flag at the top right of all of our pages.
We are very proud of our continuing IT Legacy
being documented herein. Your written contributions, recollections or corrections
of our Legacy are and will be appreciated.
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On this page, scroll to section:
- Welcome to our web site
- Announcements*
- Next Event Summary & Directions
- Article for the Month
- Site update log* as of 4/19/2012
- Disclaimer
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Announcement changes are not listed in section 5
Comments about this site? Send them to the
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2. Announcements
(reference Calendar page for event details)
Contact
Lowell
to post items:
- Lockheed Martin has kicked off their Centennial Celebration, see
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/100years.html and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzAGvypreXQ"[5/10/2012]
- The annual Norwegian Syttende Mai lunch is set for Thursday, May 17, 2012. Come and enjoy with fellow Norwegian-Americans,
friends, spouses and associates. The event is planned to take place at Casper’s Cherokee Sirloin Room, 4625 Nichols Road, Eagan.[4/19/12]
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Back on-line - limited pages - if you need something before the rebuild is complete, send a message to
labenson@q.com or tnturba@comcast.net. [4/14/2012]
- NTDS/MTDS/ATDS Experiences? -
An IEEE History site is in need of 'hands on' experiences. For details on how to respond, see
Capt. Boslaugh's request. [2/6/12]
- Volunteer Opportunity:
The Legacy Committee needs volunteers to help catalogue photos and negatives prior to sending them to the Charles Babbage Institute or the trash can.
The 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month until the job is done, contact Harvey Taipale.
[1/15/12]
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IT Legacy goes international - Our 16-bit computer page has been translated into the Bulgarian Language, to view that translation browse
http://www.fatcow.com/edu/cp-16bit-bl/
. We've also given permission for another technocrat to translate our IT Legacy, Pg10 into the Romanian Language, browse
http://webhostinggeeks.com/science/vipclubmn-imcolegacy-ro.
[1/25/2012]
3. Next Event
Summary
June 13th at 4 PM - Annual picnic at the Highland Park Pavilion.
If your last name begins with the letters
A=>H, please bring a hot dish to
share or a casserole if you aren’t Scandinavian. If your last name begins with
I=>K, bring a desert to
share. If your last name begins with L=>O,
please arrive at 4 sharp with an
appetizer plate. If you last name begins with
P=>Z, please bring a
salad. Each of you who is bringing a
dish, remember to include a serving spoon, ladle, tongs, or whatever to get the
item from the dish to the plates.
Future programs and events are listed on our calendar page.
4. Article for the Month:
We are in need of more articles to share with readers of computer history!
May - David Shelander has put
together a synopsis of the
AN/UYK-43 US Navy
computer.
April -
CREATIVITY-SUCCESS-OBSCURITY,
'UNIVAC - What Happened?' by Gerald E. Pickering
March
- The WW II History Round Table topic at Ft. Snelling on Feb 9th was 'Code Breaking and the Beginning of Computers'
with author Colin Burke as the featured speaker. Lowell Benson followed with
ERA Legacy slides and a scripted talk
that went with the slides.
Previous 'Article for the Month' items are listed on the
Legacy Project, Documents
page.
5. Site Update Log*:
Each 'tabbed' page has a revision date in the 'scroll to' box.
May 10 - Updated the
next event summary.
April 19 - Posted the May 'Article for the Month' and completed re-write of a few more pages.
April 14 - Began the site re-build on the Web Hosting Hub, all pages will be eventually be posted -
Microsoft Office Live decided to begin charging for hosting web sites.
April 1 -Archived update log with changes listed through January 2012.
March 20th - Updated section 3 above to list the April volunteer breakfast.
March 2nd - Added "The secret in Building 26" to section 3 of the IT Legacy, Documents page.
February 29th - Moved the Operations page from a Locations sub tab and renamed it Production as a sub-tab of Engineering.
February 22nd - Added NTDS Service Test Too as section 8 of the Systems, Naval page.
February 16th - Added section 10 to the People, Anecdotes page. Added section 5, QuickLook, to the Systems, Airborne page.
Added Paul Gregory to the People, G thru H page. Added section 7, NTDS Service Test, to the Systems, Naval page.
Added the April 'Article for the Month',
albeit a bit early, it is ready so enjoy reading.
February 14th - Happy Valentine's Day! Added section 7 to this page, our survey form for members volunteer hours during 2011.
Also archived the December 2011 newsletter. Added section 4.3 to the Systems, Naval page. Added Gerry Pickering to the People, P-S
page, and added NEXRAD to the Systems, Government page. Added the March Article for the Month.
February 6th - Added an IEEE NTDS History page link to section 4 of our IT Research Links page. Renamed the
Systems, Postal sub-tab as the Systems, Government sub-tab to facilitate insertion of NEXRAD systems inputs from several
readers.
October 2007 through
January 2012
Chronology
of previous updates is in pdf format.
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As of November, 2009 changes to the Announcements section of this home page are not listed.
6. Disclaimer:
Please read the following terms and conditions
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should review these regularly as they may change at any time at out sole discretion. If you do not agree to any term or
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graphics, logos, design, audio, video, and any other information provided from or on our Web site.
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Retirees and former employees of UNISYS, Lockheed Martin, and their Twin Cities heritage companies.