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Although history texts have documented the ERA start as 1946, the State of Minnesota incorporation application was accepted December 27th, 1945. 
 
ERA opened their business doors in January 1946 at 1902 Minnehaha Avenue in St. Paul. 

 On this page, scroll to:

  1.  Twin Cities Links, Club Communications
  2.  Associated Retiree Web Sites
  3.  Other Technology Sites of Interest
  4.  Computer History Links for Researchers
  5.  Links submitted by readers; Bill Bergen, Dick Lundgren, Ron Q. Smith, and Larry Bolton.


If a link doesn't work or if you have an addition, please use Contact Us.

1. Twin Cities Links, Club Communications

LMCO MS2 in Minnesota uses their world site - www.lockheedmartin.com

LMCO retiree discount URL - requires login to the benefits site:  https://www3.benefitsweb.com/client_docs/879/LMC_Retiree_Discounts_2006_12.pdf

Science Museum of Minnesota - http://www.smm.org [note that Tuesdays are for Seniors]

The Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota - www.cbi.umn.edu/ , their latest newsletter (spring 2010, Vol 32, No. 1) is at http://www.cbi.umn.edu/newsletter.html

The Minnesota Historical Society - www.mnhs.org/index.htm

Unisys in Minnesota uses their world site - www.unisys.com

Unisys & LMCO retirees are eligible for MERSC discounts.  Lost your card?  Contact Lowell Benson or Sue Carrigan for replacement.


2. Associated Retiree Web Sites

Unisys Blue Bell retirees Club site - http://www.ubbrg.com 

Unisys retirees in France - www.anciens-unisys.com [you can switch your screen to English.]

LMCO Retirees - http://www.lockheedmartin.com/aboutus/pay_and_benefits/retirees.html

LMCO Retiree groups in other states :

 Lockheed Martin Association of Retirees* (Ft. Worth, Texas)

 Lockheed Martin Management Association Retirees * (Sunnyvale, California)

 MARS * (Denver, Colorado)

 REALM * (Orlando)

 Star Dusters * (Burbank)

*LMCO does not control the content of these sites nor do they control this VIP Club site.


3. Other Technology Sites of Interest

Engineering Research Associates (ERA) - Remington Rand - Sperry-Rand Records, 1945-1988; http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/cbi00176.xml

The Hagley Institute in Delaware has the ERS - Sperry records from ERA days to the Burroughs-Sperry merger; http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/center.html

The Mapper Story by Lou Schluetter; http://www2.xlibris.com/bokstore/bookdisplay.asp?

U of MN Drone Control Research for LMCO; http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/news_details.php?release-061213_3069&page=UMNN

USS Midway Museum in San Diego, CA; www.midway.org

While working with Tom Montgomery, et al., at Eagan, Tom Brusehaver wrote; http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7066  

 The Computer Conservation Society holds meetings in London and Manchester; http://www.computerconservationsociety.org - they have 44+ Bulletions on-line. 


4. Computer History Links for Researchers

From the Blue Bell retirees' site, we linked to ENIAC and EDVAC history; http://mywebpages.comcast.net/arollin11/articlesU11r.htm and the UNIVAC I; http://mywebpages.comcast.net/arollin11/articlesU1r.htm

ATHENA computers by Mark DiVecchio; http://www.silogic.com/Athena.html

Computer History Museum (CHM); http://www.computerhistory.org

CP-642A/B by Ed Thelen using CHM data; http://ed-thelen.org/comp-list/univac-ntds.html

UNISYS predates the ERA start as described in www.unisys.com/about_Unisys/history/index.htm

UNIVAC I websites created by Al Reiter; http://univac1.0catch.com/index.htm and http://univac1.0catch.com/yellowpage.htm .

An Information Technology web site. http://www.ithistory.org/resource_sites/resource-sites.php

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5. Links submitted by readers;

5.1 From Bill Bergen

http://www.computermuseum.li/Testpage/UNIVAC-FAQ.htm 

http://landru.myhome.net/jtrees/bigcomplist.htm

http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL64-u.html

http://people.cs.und.edu/~rmarsh/CLASS/CS451/HANDOUTS/os-unisys.pdf

http://www.thesciencebookstore.com/compchron.asp

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/dbrown/8162/timeline.htm

http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univac

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19670007772_1967007772.pdf

http://wwwcomputerhistory.org/collections/search/?x=univac&type=all&page=5

http://ed-thelen.orgcomp-hist/ERA-1101-f09-IntroducingERA1101.pdf

http://content.zdnet.com/2346-17924_22-319868-10.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kignGE771_I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGIteTE9glQ&NR=1

http://www.deed.state.mn.us/facts/PDFs/defense.pdf

 

5.2 From Dick Lundgren

Mark Greenia, Adjunct Professor, USF has compiled a History of Computing for Lexikon Services; http://www.computermuseum.li.Testpatge/0000WELCOME.htm

http://computermuseum.li/Testpage/UNIVACSYSTEMS-Dates.htm

http://computermuseum.li/Testpage/01HISTORYCD-Chrono1.lhtm

 

5.3 From Ron Q. Smith

The Computer History Museum now has an icon/link to a YouTube site which features many computer history video vignettes including the UNIVAC/Remington Rand beginning; http://www.computerhistory.org

The Rowayton, CT Historical Society has a program that simulates the UNIVAC I and UNIVAC II; http://www.rowayton.org/rhs/Computers/welcome.html and http://www.ingerman.org/niche.htm

The Unisys interactive acrhive; http://www.unisys.com/about_unisys/history/history1.htm

The Unisys History Newsletter; http://www.static.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/randy.carpenter/folklore/

UNIVAC Memories; http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/univac/

John L. Hill Oral history interview by Arthur L Norberg, January 1986 at CBI in Minneapolis; http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/display.phtml?id=56

 

5.4 From Larry Bolton

http://www.duxcw.com/digest/guides/hd/hd2.htm This page mentions the ERA drum as preceeding disc memory designs.


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