Information Technology Pioneers

Retirees and former employees of UNISYS, Lockheed Martin, and Twin Cities heritage companies.
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Site Map     About Us Pg 2     Calendar Pg 3     Club History Pg 4     Membership Pg 5     Club Sponsors Pg 6     Newsletters Pg 7     Lunch Groups Pg 8     Recreation Pg 9      
1.0 Introduction:  We proudly fly the American Flag at the right of our pages. Thanks to usfamily.net for the flag icon *.gif file. 
All IT Legacy associated pages feature corporate names in a Minnesota icon as shown on the left.
        ERA incorporation papers were filed on December 27, 1945 - The ERA St. Paul business doors opened in  in January, 1946.  Twin Cities business entities have had the names in this legacy icon during our 65+ year history.  [

2.0 Site Design Notes: Our site uses the Microsoft Live Small Business host and software. This includes a Cascading Style Sheet(css) layout to provide all pages with an identical header, footer, and nine level 1 select tabs. The footer facilitates quick links to all Level 1 pages. We occasionally change the color scheme to give readers different views.

    Each web site page is assigned a page number in the select tabs. These page numbers are also used in the People, Index to track contributors and people mentioned herein.

On this page, scroll to section:

  1. Introduction
  2. Site Design Notes
  3. Site Design Levels
    • Level 1 tab descriptors
    • Level 2 definitions
    • Level 3 definitions
    • Level 4 definitions
  4. Editing Idiosyncrasies
  5.  Site Map - Automated page titles listing w/links thereto.

 Section 2 Continued

The 'flag box' part of each web page has a page number and the last update date.  This is a 'living' web site in that updates occur as the volunteer webmaster has time and readers make contributions.  The site structure has four levels as described below:

VIP Club page 00 modified on Saturday, February 04, 2012

 3. Site Design Levels

3.1 Level 1 consists of nine main pages:  

  •  Home - The level 2 pages are mostly Club activity and history related - the level 2 tabs are:  Site Design [this page], About Us, Calendar, Club History, Membership,  Club Sponsors, Newsletters, Lunch Groups, and Recreation Leagues. 
     
  • IT Legacy Project - This is the primary page of the ERA to LMCO Legacy.  The level 2 pages relate to the committee and on-going activities.  The level 2 tabs are: EMCC to UNISYS, Artifacts, Committee, Milestones, Mementos, Documents, Spinoffs, and Who Is It.
  •  
    People -  There are twelve level 2 pages containing career summaries, oral interviews, anecdotes, etc.. The level 2 tabs are self explanatory.
  •  Engineering - There are nine level 2 pages with begin with the ERA products under the Coupler tab.  The level 2 tabs are: Couplers, Components*, Field Service, Interfaces, Memories, Patents, Peripherals, Software, and Training.
  •  Computers - There are nine level 2 pages containing computer information, stories mostly by bit length. The level 2 tabs are self explanatory.
  •  Systems - All of these systems used our computers, software, and other products. The level 2 tabs are Aerospace, Air Traffic Control, ASOC, International, Marines, Aerospace, Naval, Government*, and Commercial Systems.
  •  Locations - These pages include level 2 tabs for Twin Cities plants, United States sites, International sites, Blue Bell history items, and Predecessor history items - the Operations tab is in the process of being re-mapped. 
  • Links -URLs for Club functions and computer history research.
  • Contact Us - E-mail addresses for the Club Officers and associated positions.

*being constructed or re-constructed

3.2. Level 2 consists of sub-pages linked by buttons under the Level 1 primary headings.  Note that the Home page Level 2 tabs are associated with the VIP Club Business.  The Contact US page is self explanetory. The the level 2 tabs beneath the other Level 1 tabs are subsets of that Level 1 topic.  

3.3. Level 3 consists of the numbered sections within the Level 1 and 2 pages. The headings of these sections are identified on each page just under the 'On this page, scroll to section' words.

3.4. Level 4

consists of documents which open in their own window for easy return to the linking page.  These are pdf documents, Power Point slides, or jpg charts which supplement topics on the individual level 1 and level 2 page sections.

4. Editing idiosyncrasies:

Within the various pages, we've generally used (parenthesis) to indicate an acronym or abbreviation of the preceeding words.  We've used [brackets] to separate supplemental information within sentences.  I've used {braces} to include my own comments inserted as Editor's notes.  When not otherwise obvious, I've tried to put individual author's initials in brackets at the end of articles, such as mine here.  The text font was chosen as Georgia. [lab].

5. Page titles and links thereto:

Below is an automated list of and link to all the Web pages of this site. Note that the IT Legacy, Documents page has links to all of the 'Articles for the Month.'  

Site Map & Design Computers
Computers, 16 bits Computers, 18 bits
Computers, 24 bits Computers, 30 bits
Computers, 32 bits Computers, 36 bit
Computers, Air Force Computers, Commercial
Computers, Other Contact Us
Engineering Engineering, Couplers
Engineering, Field Service Engineering, Interfaces
Engineering, Memory Engineering, Patents
Engineering, Peripherals Engineering, Software
Engineering, Training Home, About
Home, Calendar Home, History
Home, Lunch Groups Home, Membership
Home, Newsletters Home, Recreation
Home, Sponsors Home, VIP Club
IT Legacy, Artifacts IT Legacy, Committee
IT Legacy, Documents IT Legacy, LMCO
IT Legacy, Mementos IT Legacy, Milestones
IT Legacy, Spinoffs IT Legacy, UNISYS
IT Legacy, WhoIsIt Links
Locations Locations, Blue Bell, PA
Locations, Burroughs Locations, International
Locations, Operations Locations, Twin Cities
Locations, US People
People, A thru B People, Anecdotes
People, C thru F People, deceased
People, G thru H People, I thru L
People, M thru O People, Oral Interviews
People, P thru S People, T thru Z
Systems Systems, AeroSpace
Systems, Air Sovereighty Ops Centers Systems, Air Trafic Control
Systems, Airborne Systems, Commercial
Systems, Government Systems, International
Systems, Marines Systems, Naval