Information Technology Pioneers

 On this page, scroll to section:

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

We also have Articles links, book titles, and magazine articles listed on our IT Legacy, Documents page. 

VIP Club page 80 modified on Monday, February 06, 2012

2. 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.

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

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

IEEE NTDS History site; http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/NO_DAMNED_COMPUTER_is_Going_to_Tell_Me_What_to_DO_-_The_Story_of_the_Naval_Tactical_Data_System%2c_NTDS 

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. 

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

From Dr. Tom Misa: http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/ERA-1101-documents.html 

6. Links submitted by readers;

6.1 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://www.computerhistory.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 

http://www.p3oriontopsecret.com/

6.2 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

6.3 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

6.4 From Larry Bolton

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

6.5 From Ed Phillips via George Gray and Ron Smith