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220220 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. Vintage 1972: An excellent 1972 Career Training film made for the Department of Defense. Shows various clerical jobs, typical 1970’s office staff, and a wide variety of 1970’s office machines, including a brief view of a UNIVAC 9400 system. Of note, the job of “Computer Operator” was considered part of the Clerical job class at this time, as was the job of “Data Entry Clerk.” IT job classes evolved considerably over time, and this was not always the case. Various secretarial and office equipment scenarios are presented. Provided here for educational and historical value. Excerpt from an educational Career Training Film made for the U.S. Department of Defense, by Counselor Films, Inc. (original title: “Is a Career in Clerical Work for You?”) Special thanks to http://www.reeltransfers.com, for the digital transfer, which helped us rescue and preserve the original film from the aging process. We hope you enjoy this vintage educational clip. Computer History Archives Project https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

090120 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. Vintage 1960's: "Apollo Mission Simulators and Computer Control Company’s DDP-224 Computer." Through vintage photos and rare film clips, we explore NASA’s Apollo simulators and the 3C (Computer Control Company) minicomputer, the DDP-224. 3C was a pioneering computer company from 1952 until 1966, when it was acquired by Honeywell, Inc. The great work done by NASA personnel and by highly expert contractors from Computer Control Company and others, helped bring the U.S. into a leadership role in the early manned space program. ~ Compiled by Computer History Archives Project (CHAP). Editing: Victor Kaminsky; consultant: Mark Greenia. Index: 0:24 Title Slide 4:27 Apollo Simulators 8:57 DDP-224 and Computer Control Company (3C) 10:57 Acquisition, Summary, Acknowledgments 12:20 Image Gallery With sincere thanks to: -National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and -National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) The 3C Legacy Project (by William Maddox) an great collection of information and documentation on 3C http://www.ddp116.org/ P3 Orion Top Secret (Todd Thomas) DDP-224 Logic Boards photos, and much more https://www.p3oriontopsecret.com/3c-computer-control-company-ddp-24-card-rack.html Ed Thelen’s Apollo Guidance Computer page http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/vs-mit-apollo-guidance.html "A Fourth Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems" 1964; Weik; Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL64.html Gardner Hendrie, Computer Control Company (3C) Designer of DDP-116, first 16 bit computer Co-founder of Stratus Computer, Inc. Jack Rathmell, Senior Systems Engineer Computer Control Company (3C) Project Manager Apollo Prelaunch Program Julia Spitz, Milford Daily News, May 12, 2012 Article “Remembering the Computer Control Company” https://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20120514/NEWS/305149951 Oral History – Dr. Louis Fein, May 1979, Palo Alto, California (Pamela McCorduck, interviewer) Charles Babbage Institute https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/107284/oh015lf.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Dag Spicer, Senior Curator, the Computer History Museum http://www.computerhistory.org Adrian Wise, Honeywell Series 16 – History http://www.series16.adrianwise.co.uk/ “Computers in Spaceflight: The NASA Experience” Making New Reality: Computers in Simulations and Image Processing https://history.nasa.gov/computers/Ch9-2.html Al Kosow’s Bitsavers Archive http://www.bitsavers.org S-PAC Instruction Manual: Supplementary Equipment Honeywell Computer Control Division 1968; 414 pages http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/computerControlCompany/modules/130071175D_S-PAC_Supplement_Apr68.pdf Reference Manual for the DPP-24 General Purpose Computer Computer Control Corporation; 1963; 40 pages http://bitsavers.trailing-ge.com/pdf/computerControlCompany/ddp-24/DDP-24_refMan_1963.pdf Computer Control Company Reunion Web Site (good info and pics) http://www.3creunion.com/ Additional Acknowledgements: Opening Scene: Star Field, courtesy of Josu Relax “Stars in the Universe” NASA Goddard Moon Images Ambient Music; www.bensound.com Compilation & Editing, Mark Greenia, CHAP. This video is an independent study project, not directly affiliated with NASA. https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

281119 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. (IBM) Vintage 1957" A very rare excerpt of Edward R. Murrow introducing the "SAGE" computer system. The SAGE system was composed of multiple redundant computers, with the military designation AN/FSQ-7, the largest computer system ever built. SAGE was built to control NORAD's response to any perceived Soviet air attack. Its various installations operated in this capacity from the late 1950s into the 1980s, generally known as the "Cold War" period. Edward R. Murrow was one of the most well known news journalists of the 1950's and early 1960's. (His career is spotlighted in the movie "Good Night, and Good Luck.") ("See It Now" series) (This excerpt uploaded by Computer History Archives Project, for educational review.) See Also: IBM's SAGE Computer Video" "In Your Defense" (uploaded by The Computer History Museum) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06drBN8nlWg SAGE BOMARC Missile Defense Computer System 1950's (uploaded by Computer History Archives Project) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrpYXn2RxLQ For more info on SAGE, see Wikipedia Entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environment See Also: Excerpt from movie "Good Night and Good Luck." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCaBCdJWOyM https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

261119 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. If you love "Old Accounting Machines" you might enjoy this. Through rare film clips and vintage photos we explore a bit of history on National Cash Register (NCR) Class 2000 Accounting Machine introduced in 1921. Also, take a look at original service and training documentation from the 1920's-1940's. Run time, about 6 mins. (An Educational Presentation, Produced by the "Computer History Archives Project", an independent research activity dedicated to the research and preservation of vintage computing technology. ) The NCR Class 2000 was an electric bookkeeping and accounting machine, quite complex, and very successful in the marketplace. It was eventually replaced by NCR's Post-Tronic machine, which was all electronic (1956), and later, of course, by fully electronic digital computers. Not affiliated with NCR Corporation. For more information Aleksandrs Guba: http://www.thecorememory.com/index.html For information on the NCR REA, as well as its events and newsletters, you are welcome to visit their web site at: https://ncr-rea.org/ For information on the current NCR Corporation, see: https://www.ncr.com/ https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

130223 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. Vintage 1970: A tiny excerpt from the film “After the Applause” … a nostalgic look back at an IBM System/360 mainframe installation in a 1970 Data Center, at the Baltimore Social Security Office. Provided for historical and educational review and comment. Hope you enjoy! Related Topics: Other Computer History Videos - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOyJD0RHtF_77_oAf5tT1nQ/videos https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

021119 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. Vintage 1959: An Original IBM Film demonstrating its automated banking machines; filmed at IBM Labs Poughkeepsie, NY, it contains an explanation of how the equipment works together. Nice vintage computerized banking applications, full color & sound, 19 mins. (Film copyright by IBM. Uploaded by Computer History Archives Project.) Time Index and Machines: 04:40 IBM 1201 PROOF INSCRIBER 06:23 IBM 1202 UTILITY INSCRIBER 07:00 IBM CARD SORTER READER (probably model 084) 10:45 IBM 407 ACCOUNTING MACHINE 12:40 IBM MAGNETIC TAPE UNIT 8:13 IBM 650 MAGNETIC DRUM COMPUTER 16:29 VIEW OF ENTIRE SYSTEM 16:55 TALK ABOUT PRINTING {Video originally posted by Kip Twitchell, CPA, author, educator, and financial vlog creator. See His web links:} https://ledgerlearning.com/ https://ledgerlearning.com/courses/ See also: IBM System/360 film - 1964 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4kyTg9Cw8g https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

300919 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. Two digitally enhanced vintage 1956 IBM films: (1) the IBM 305 RAMAC, the first commercial computer using moving-head hard disk drive for secondary storage via the IBM 350 disk unit; and (2) the IBM 650 RAMAC, which used the IBM 650 computer with an upgraded RAMAC disk drive system. The IBM 350 Disk Unit was a major component of the IBM 305 RAMAC (Random Access Memory Accounting) system. The 305 RAMAC was introduced in September 1956. The 305 was a vacuum-tube based computer, with magnetic drum and core, the IBM 370 Printer, IBM 323 Card Punch, IBM 380 Console, 340 Power Supply, and the IBM 350 Disk Storage Unit. It could store about 5 million 6 bit characters, equivalent to around 4 MB of storage in today’s systems. More than 1,000 RAMAC 305s were sold from 1956 to 1961. 05:24 ** Film Two: The 650 RAMAC described in the second film is based on the IBM 650 computer of 1954, enhanced with the IBM 350 disk unit and announced as the IBM 650 RAMAC in 1956. (Films copyright by IBM.) For more information, the following are suggested: IBM Archives IBM 350 Disk Storage Unit https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_350.html IBM 650 RAMAC Fact Sheet https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/650/650_tr2.html The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California did a restoration of a RAMAC https://www.computerhistory.org/groups/restorations/ IBM RAMAC Manual of Operation http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/305_ramac/22-6264-1_305_RAMAC_Manual_of_Operation_Apr57.pdf Other Educational Videos: Computer History Archives Project https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOyJD0RHtF_77_oAf5tT1nQ/videos https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

241019 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. A tribute to automation pioneer John Diebold ("NOT related to Diebold-Nixdor' ATM) including a rare talk given in 1957 when he was 31 years old. John Diebold was a pioneer and visionary in business and computer automation. He wrote "Automation: The Advent of the Automatic Factory," in 1952, when he was only 26 years old. In 1954, he founded John Diebold & Associates which became the “Diebold Group,” international management consultants. "Diebold Group" provided consulting to many the largest business, financial and technology companies during the 1950’s, 1960’s and beyond. His books and lectures helped define and popularize the word “AUTOMATION.” Provided for educational use and commentary only by the Computer History Archives Project (CHAP), an independent research activity dedicated to preservation of vintage computing technology. Run time: 5 mins Resources for More Information: See also a very informative video talk by Professor Jeffrey Yost entitled: “Discovering Diebold: IT Consulting and the Organizational Adoption of Computers;” with numerous slides covering John Diebold and much of his influence on early automation consulting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i495wZWYCAk {Prof. Yost is also the author of “Making IT Work: A History of the Computer Services Industry,” (MIT Press, 2017) (Diebold is profiled in chapter 1; the book overall is a fascinating and well documented look at the evolution of the computer services industry} https://www.amazon.com/Making-Work-Computer-Services-Computing/dp/026203672X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=yost+making&qid=1571187839&sr=8-1 Diebold: Biography John Diebold;: Breaking the confines of the possible (The Future makers), Wilber Cross, J.H. Heineman publishers,1965 Archival Resources: Corporate records for the “Diebold Group” covering client reports from 1954 to 1990, can be found through the Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. http://www.cbi.umn.edu/ Harvard University Archives (via HOLLIS information system) provides various historical documents on John Diebold. https://hollis.harvard.edu/ Swarthmore College Library, Pennsylvania, maintains considerable information on many of Diebold’s articles, books and personal writings. https://www.swarthmore.edu/ Al Kossow’s www.bitsavers.org This large Archive has numerous documents related to Diebold publications, including: ADP Equipment Reports: by John Diebold & Associates; Cudahy Publishing, 1957; 892 pages, Illustrated http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/adp/ADP_Equipment_Reports_Nov57.pdf Special Thanks to: “Reel Transfers” - Film to Digital conversions. Reel Transfers provides professional media conversion services including many different formats (video, film, audio, photo, DVD/CD duplication, video editing, graphics and more. http://www.reeltransfers.com Books by John Diebold: Automation: The Advent of the Automatic Factory (1952) Beyond Automation: Managerial Problems of an Exploding Technology (1964) The Social Impact of Cybernetics (1966) Man and the Computer: Technology as An Agent of Social Change (1969) Business Decisions and Technological Change (1970) The Role of Business in Society (1982) Making the Future Work (1984) Business in the Age of Information (1985) Managing Information: The Challenge and the Opportunity (1985) The Innovators: The Discoveries, Inventions, and Breakthroughs (1990) Transportation Infostructures: The Development of Intelligent Transportation Systems, (1995) Information Technology in the 21st Century (1998) Maintaining Profitability in An Increasingly Complex Environment (1998) Articles: “Experience, 1959, in Automatic Data Processing – A Review,” By John Diebold, President of Diebold Associates, published in Computers and Automation, July 1960, page 10 http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/computersAndAutomation/196007.pdf https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BHG9D8Z8SY9MY&source=url https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

301119 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. Vintage Computer History; Cryptology; Navy Intelligence: This unique presentation provides an introduction to the origin and history of ENGINEERING RESEARCH ASSOCIATES (“ERA”) a pioneering and influential computer company founded in Minnesota in 1946. Formed and staffed by former members of the U.S. Navy’s top secret communications intelligence organization known as OP-20-G, it was instrumental in helping to advance the digital computer age. In July 1946, the Navy communications intelligence authority formed a specialized organization called the Communications Supplementary Activity (CSA). Members of that group, formed ERA, which later joined Remington Rand Univac (Sperry, now UNISYS). Their groundbreaking engineering resulted in the rotating magnetic drum memory and other advancements, making it a forerunner of many of today’s modern computers. The history and legacy of ERA, continuing up to the present, is a fascinating story of technological innovations and contributions to the computer industry. Uploaded by the Computer History Archives Project (CHAP). Editing/compilation: Mark Greenia; modern narration: James Izzo; Sperry narration: Mark Greenberg. With Very Special Thanks to: Mr. Tony Buglione Manager External Communications & Media Relations UNISYS Corporation http://www.unisys.com Lowell Benson VIP Club P.O. Box 131748 Roseville, MN 55113-0020 http://www.vipclubmn.org * * The VIP Club is designed for retirees and former employees of Unisys, Lockheed Martin, and their predecessor companies (e.g., ERA, Univac, Sperry, Remington Rand, Burroughs). You are invited to take a look at their Membership page and the Benefits of joining! http://vipclubmn.org/Membership.html Don Weidenbach VIP Club (& former ERA engineer) Amanda Wick, Interim Archivist Charles Babbage Institute Archives University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN http://www.cbi.umn.edu Angela Schad, Reference Archivist, Digital Archives Specialist Audiovisual Collections & Digital Initiatives Hagley Museum and Library Wilmington, Delaware http://www.hagley.org Dag Spicer, Senior Curator Computer History Museum Mountain View, California http://www.computerhistory.org Other References and Sources: Ed Thelen, Computer History site http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/ U.S. Library of Congress U.S. National Archives National Aeronautics and Space Administration Bitsavers.org -- ERA documentation Keyterms: ERA 1101 ERA 1103 CSAW Cryptanalysis Cryptology Naval Intelligence Digital Computing Magnetic drum memory UNIVAC 1103A Code breaking Enigma OP-20-G Joseph Wenger William C. Norris Howard Engstrom Ralph Meader St. Paul, Minnesota https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

260719 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. A rescued and restored vintage tech film entitled: “Computer Chips Shape an Information Society. Circa 1985, the film starts with early numbering systems, and quickly moves to the mid-1980’s. Originally produced in association with NCR, you will see brief views of the NRC 304 transistorized computer, the NCR Decision Mate Personal Computer, and various applications of automation, including law enforcement, banking, airline reservation systems, ATM’s, grocery stores, engineering applications, office automation and space exploration. Re-experience the flavor of the 1980’s. Run time: 12 minutes Originally from “Screen News Digest” and the National Science Teacher’s Association, it is provided here for its educational and historical value and for comment. Restoration by the Computer History Archives Project. Hope you enjoy this look back at a bit of mid-1980s automation. {Film Trivia: The original film mentions the ENIAC of 1946 and shows several photos, but then includes several photos of the MIT Whirlwind Computer with no explanation. We correctly labeled the MIT Whirlwind photos in this version, as you will see.} -- More Info: The NCR 304, announced in 1957, first delivered in 1959, was National Cash Register (NCR)'s first transistor-based computer. The 304 was developed and manufactured in cooperation with General Electric. For more info on early NCR computers, see our video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxBjocnB5a0 https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

200619 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. A tiny vintage 1966 film dealing with the FEAR OF COMPUTER AUTOMATION (aka Data Processing). Analysts of the 1950’s warned about Computers taking our jobs, but they were wrong…Film talks about how jobs have actually increased. Includes a very brief NASA clip of its IBM 7090 mainframes and a rare glimpse of an IBM 7044 computer console. Provided here for its value reflecting some of the cultural fear of computers at the time. - Run time 3 mins. Just for fun. Hope you enjoy! For other vintage computer videos of possible interest, please see: IBM 1970 - IBM Vintage Computers Promo Film - Historical Data Processing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEV0fL0KmOQ&t=180s 1960's Sperry Univac NASA Apollo Computers, NASCOM-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsy2QAboRzE&t=142s https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

060619 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. The following is an original 1975 film describing WORD PROCESSING, showing many early word processing computers. This restored educational film explains the benefits of word processing, shows the IBM Selectric Typewriter, the (Rare) ICS Astrotype word processing system (with LINC type drives), IBM Selectric Composer, IBM Mag Card II, IBM MT/ST tape reels, a rare REDACTRON System cassette, LEXITRON and others. - Nice vintage look and feel & good overview. Rescued from an old 16mm film. Provided for historical & editorial comment only. Comments are welcome. ~ Hope you enjoy this vintage classic. Uploaded by the Computer History Archives Project. https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

210319 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. This partially restored German film from 1968 shows IBM Disk Pack Production and the Disk Packs used with an IBM System/360 mainframe. The IBM 2311 disk memory unit is shown with packs being inserted and removed. - The production process is described in great detail including quality control testing. This is an original film in full color with narration (note the smooth-jazz background sound). The first removable disk pack was invented in 1961 by IBM engineers, Jack Harker, R. E. Pattison and possibly others. The 14-inch (356 mm) diameter disks introduced by IBM became an “industry standard” and several other vendors produced "IBM-compatible" drives and disk packs. - Uploaded by Computer History Archives Project. Comments are welcome. https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

080419 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. AMPEX History: Here is fascinating 1969 promotional film on the AMPEX VIDEOFILE INFORMATION SYSTEM. The AMPEX VIDEOFILE system was created by merger of AMPEX’s groundbreaking video recording technology with document & image storage and retrieval technology. Originally produced by “Vista Productions, Inc.” for AMPEX, this fascinating film is now part of the Department of Special Collections of Sanford University, as are many other AMPEX historical materials. With special thanks to Tim Noakes of the Department of Special Collections, we have incorporated the film into this brief look back at the AMPEX V.I.S. The film is unedited, except for additional explanatory material at the beginning, an Index (below) and a brief Appendix at the end. Run time 16 mins. Original film is © by Stanford University, used here with permission. The AMPEX V.I.S. was a major advancement in active filing systems at the time. AMPEX phased it out by the end of the 1970’s as newer, less expensive solutions became available. Provided here by Computer History Archives Project (CHAP) for educational and historical value. INDEX 00:00 Scenes of typewriters, brief look at IBM/360, punch card sorter, women doing manual filing work 02:35 Evolution of recording media, Edison cylinders, Edison crank phonograph, modern turntable 02:55 Introduction of Magnetic Tape Reel recording; AMPEX sign, AMPEX Model 200 of 1947 Several quick views of IBM System/360, card sorters, ERMA machine 4:30 1956 Introduction of Video Tape Recording 05:00 Electronic Video Editing 05:30 VIDEOFILE INFORMATION SYSTEM Detailed description of how the VIS works. Describes improvements over earlier methods 16:15 Appendices 17:00 Acknowledgements General Background VIDEOFILE INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Description) In the mid 1960's, Ampex Corporation built a unique system for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Utilizing components of a videotape storage and retrieval system originally developed for NASA, it developed technology that offered considerable advantages over microfilm, for filing, storing, retrieving, and distributing large volumes of information. The Videofile Information Systems Division of AMPEX was created in February 1968, to respond to the growing interest in automated information storage of documents. AMPEX combined several recording technologies employed in its video and computer products to create computerized Videofile system to satisfy various document storage and retrieval requirements. The Videofile system stored conventional file documents on magnetic tape. It promised rapid access to filed data in text, image or photographic form. Over 250,000 pages could be stored on one 14 inch reel of 2 inch-wide video tape. Retrieval was as an electrostatic hard copy or an image on a television monitor. The full system included television cameras, tape transports, buffers, monitors and printers. The system could be fed information in the form of hard copies, microfilm (16 mm or 35 mm roll or strip), or microfiche. EXCELLENCE. This became the first application of professional broadcast technology to computerized record-keeping. A full V.I.S. system implementation started at $1.2 million (in 1970) which equates to about $8 million today (2019). Acknowledgements and References: Ampex History site by Peter Hammar and Bob Wilson https://ampexmuseum.org/ Ampex Data Systems Corporation https://www.ampex.com/ampex-history/ Tim Noakes and the Department of Special Collections, Stanford University http://library.stanford.edu/ ("History of The Early Days of Ampex Corporation", by John Leslie and Ross Snyder) http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/company.histories/ampex/leslie_snyder_early-days-of-ampex.pdf Book: “The History of Television,” 1942-2000, Abramson, 1987 (McFarland Publishing) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) The Computer Museum http://computerhistory.org Al Kossow’s Bitsavers Archives AMPEX Videofile – A Micro Records Tool, August 1964 http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ampex/videofile/Ampex_Videofile_A_Micro_Records_Tool_Aug64.pdf Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording http://www.museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org/CollectionAmpex.html Rewind Museum https://www.rewindmuseum.com/home.htm Experimental TV Center http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org/about VT Oldboys http://www.vtoldboys.com/editingmuseum/index.htm LabGuysWorld http://www.labguysworld.com “Tape Recorder Museum” online (German w/English) http://www.tonbandmuseum.info/ampex-story-teil6.html Other Computer History Archives Project Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOyJD0RHtF_77_oAf5tT1nQ/videos https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

050920 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are. Good quality Burroughs promotional film showing early adding machines, calculators, accounting & printing machines and brief but very rare footage of early Burroughs digital computers the UDEC II and E 101. The UDEC (“Unitized Digital Electronic Computer”) was an enhanced version of the 1951 “Burroughs Laboratory Computer” built in Philadelphia. -- This film stops around 1956, the year that Burroughs acquired ElectroData Corporation of Pasadena, California. The acquisition of ElectroData greatly expanded Burroughs potential growth into the digital computer marketplace. (Also, please see our other videos for Burroughs 1960’s time period.) A well-designed film with lots of footage of Burroughs assembly plants with men and women performing complex technical assembly tasks on various machines. Data Processing and Digital Computer discussion starts at about time index 18:39. A Topic Index has been provided to help navigate to whatever you find interesting. Run time 27 minutes, with brief Photo Gallery at end. Provided for educational value and historical commentary, Computer History Archives Project. Burroughs, founded in 1886 as the American Arithmometer Company, acquired Sperry Corporation in 1986 to form UNISYS Corporation. TOPIC INDEX 00:45 Burroughs Plants in various locations: - - - Detroit, Michigan; Plymouth, Michigan; Los Angeles; Rochester, NY; Plainfield, New Jersey; Brooklyn, NY; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Park Ridge, New Jersey; Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Pantin, France; Gennevilliers, France; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Nottingham, England; Strathleven, Scotland; Dallas, Texas; Dearborn, Michigan; Paris, France 01:54 Burroughs male and female employees demonstrating a variety of technical work skills; Building Adding Machines, Electronic Components, Television Tubes, Mechanical Accounting Machines, Large Computing Machine, Discussion of mass-production, assembly line manufacturing, shipping; Growth of Burroughs Company 03:41 Re-enactment of William S. Burroughs’s workshop; World’s first practical adding machine, 1886 05:00 Women using adding machines; 10-Key machine, machine being produced by workers Printing Bookkeeping Machine, Typewriter Accounting Machines 08:06 Time track of historic events, 1913 Income Tax Law increases demand for accounting 08:27 Impact of World War I on labor force;1930’sgovernment accounting regulation increases; Social security laws, hourly wage law, income tax withholding; Office Machines, Check Protector, Acquisitions and Growth, bank checks 12:10 Ticketing Machine: Burroughs Micro-Twin, Microfilming Machine 13:24 Electronics; laboratory research; analysis, measurement, testing Vacuum Tube production, Magnetic Cores, pluggable vacuum tube units, Integrating mechanical, electromechanical and electronic machines 16:12 Sensotronic machine; Bank statement posting Sensimatic, Tape-Punch machine (Punched Tape) Character Recognition Machines, Tabulating Punch Cards, 18:39 Data Processing; fluorescent coding; bank check processing; Bankomatic; Punched Paper Tape Reels 20:28 Unitized Digital Electronic Computer II (UDEC II) * * * * Burroughs E 101 Computer * * * * G 101 Accounting, Card Processing, Printing 22:38 Military Applications; navigational systems; targeting systems; RADAR defense network “SAGE” (fighter plane images) Summary topics; Executives meeting; design teams; service; sales; training; product maintenance and repair 27:00 Copyright Unisys; Photo Gallery 27:50 End Acknowledgements & Resources Film courtesy of Unisys Corporation VIPClubMN.org, (Retirees, former employees, etc. of Unisys, and their Twin Cities predecessor companies) http://www.VIPClubMN.org "Survey of Electronic Digital Computing Systems," 1961, Weik, Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Prov. Ground, Courtesy of Ed Thelen; http://www.ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL61.html Computer History Museum, Mountainview, CA http://www.computerhistory.org See Related Burroughs Computer Videos: 1963 Burroughs Computer History, Datatron, ElectroData, B5000, B270 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyOpO-040W8 1964 Burroughs Computer History (B5000, B280, BUIC D825; Unisys, Mainframe) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wQEgm3FNxo https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

151218 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are. A brief introduction to PHILCO and its early computers: Through vintage films & photos we explore some memorable product developments at PHILCO. Although we barely scratch the surface of PHILCO’s many achievements, this may bring back some fond memories for former PHILCO and Philco-Ford employees. Hope you enjoy this brief educational/historical journey. Production & Editing: Mark Greenia; Modern Narration: Chris Hernandez. Acknowledgements and Resources -- With Special Thanks to the following: Philco Radio photos, courtesy of “Phil’s Old Radios,” a fun and very informative site, https://antiqueradio.org BRL Report , Philco Transac info, courtesy of Ed Thelen’s Extensive Computer History site: http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/philco-212.html Color photos of Philco 212 courtesy of Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA http://www.computerhistory.org/ Al Kossow's extensive and fascinating document archives at http://www.Bitsavers.org Photos of Johnson Space Center Mission Control courtesy of NASA TX-0 Computer courtesy of MIT Lincoln Laboratory UNIVAC LARC film courtesy of UNISYS Corporation “Philco News” “Predicta” photos courtesy of Hagley Museum and Library “Computers and Automation” magazine, general info Publication: “PHILCO: Some Recollections of the PHILCO TRANSAC S-2000,” Saul Rosen, Purdue University, Department of Computer Science, 1991 {Highly recommended reading for his first hand experiences} https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1890&context=cstech Publication: “Influence of U.S. Cryptologic Organizations on the Digital Computer Industry, Samuel S. Snyder, 1978, (Cryptologic Spectrum) Film excerpt: “PHILCO Transistors: The Tiny Giants of the Future” (1955){see the full film posted by Mackenzie Rough here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txuei4PgzjY} Excerpt from Chrysler/Philco commercial 1955 “PHILCO Transistors in Chrysler car radios” A fascinating historical article on early mainframe computer companies; https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/tag/philco/ You are invited to View our other Computer History Archives Project Videos Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOyJD0RHtF_77_oAf5tT1nQ/videos Key Terms: PHILCO Transac Project SOLO computer PHILCO S 1000 Computer Surface Barrier Transistor PHILCO Predicta TV PHILCO-FORD PHILCO NASA Contract https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

150123 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are. A brief “Behind the Scenes” look at what we did to restore the original 1946 film, plus some “Outtakes,” Commentary, History and a bit of Trivia. Hope you enjoy! ENIAC was the first large scale, general purpose, programmable electronic digital computer. {See links below for the Full Version. ~Computer History Archives Project} Related Videos: 1946 ENIAC (Full Version) Remastered First Giant Brain Computer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGk9W65vXNA 1949 BINAC: Binary Automatic Computer, History - Stored Program in U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udJUWenPK4w 1951 UNIVAC 1 Computer Basic System Components First Mass Produced Computer in U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU-IVshCAss Music: “Secret Locations” by Nicolai Heidlas https://www.nicolai-heidlas.com Music promoted by: https://www.free-stock-music.com For more info: Eckert, J. Presper, Jr., John W. Mauchly, Herman H. Goldstine, and J. G. Brainerd, Description of the ENJAC and Comments on Electronic Digital Computing Machinery, Contract W/670/ORD 4926, Moore School of Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Nov. 30, 1945. Goldstine, Herman H., The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann, Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, N.J., 1972, 378 pp. Goldstine, Herman H., and Adele Goldstine, "The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)," Math. Tables and Other Aids to Comp., Vol. 2, No. 15, 1946, pp. 97-110; reprinted in Randell, Brian, Origins of Digital Computers: Selected Papers, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1982, pp. 359-374. ENIAC in Action: Making and Remaking the Modern Computer; Thomas Haigh, Mark Priestley, Crispin Rope, William Aspray (editor); The MIT Press; Reprint edition (2018) https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

250123 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are. A brief tribute to the Telcon Zorba Portable Computers of 1983. The Zorba and Zorba Gemini were versatile, rugged portables that became the love of many early computer enthusiasts. The Zorba, designed by George Cole of Telcon Industries, was an early CP/M machine. A competitor to the Osborne 1 and Kaypro II it remains a great example of early portable computer technology. --- Distribution was done by Telcon, later by ModComp (Modular Computers) and finally by Gemini Electronics. According to some records, only 6,000 Zorba computers were made, but many survive to this day, treated with care by admiring owners. A Zorba Preservation Society exists to keep the legacy alive. (Run time: 5 mins.) -- Please feel free to comment and share your thoughts, especially if you were or are a Zorba owner. (Production & Editing, the Computer History Archives Project (CHAP)). Topics: Film features Zorba Gemini in detail, internal views, motherboard, processor chips, CRT, specs, plus earlier Zorba machines, and several early competitors, such as the Osborne computer, Compaq, and Kaypro. Acknowledgements to: George Cole, VP Research & Development, Telcon Industries (designer of the Zorba) and Harry Zandbergen, webmaster for Zorba Computer Web site www.zorba.z80.de and Zorba Preservation Society (ZEPS) (Prior video comments from several viewers) “Have my modular micro Telcon Zorba. My dad worked for Modcomp and it was interesting back in the day. I still need a new keyboard for mine. Some of the disks are dying though, which is a shame.” “The office applications from Perfect Software were well done. A version of them for the MS-DOS systems came with my Columbia XT compatible system that I had purchased in 1984. Loved these and the Commodore 8032 systems as the whole machine was accessible to any competent assembler programmer.” “Hello and Thanks for posting this ...this was my first portable. I learnt how to program on this machine, learnt the basics of spreadsheet functions etc...I received it in 88 and was used but still very impressive for a 17 year old ...then I got an Apple 2e ...still have many fond memories.” https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

300318 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are. Very short film clip of the Burroughs B 260 being announced to the public at the National Machine Accounting Association show in New York City, June 1962. (Vintage BW film originally rescued by Mr. Slurn.) https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

011020 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are. Courtesy of Henk Stegeman, of the Netherlands, a very unique promotional film featuring the IBM System/3 from about 1968. System/3, formally introduced in 1969, was a called a “midrange” system, much smaller, more affordable than large mainframes, and easily tailored to small to medium business needs. Visit his Henk’s impressive web site dedicated to the IBM System/3, its packed with fascinating data. http://www.ibmsystem3.nl/ and http://www.ibmsystem3.nl/overview.html This colorful video advertisement runs about 12 minutes. Very nostalgic. “IBM System/3” copyright © International Business Machines Corporation. Provided for historical and educational purposes only. https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

290818 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are. A unique 1966 film by CSIRO showing how computers can help with classification of data, utilizing a Control Data Corporation CDC 3600 Supercomputer. - Nicely filmed and narrated, it covers the whole cycle of data collection, formatting, input, verification, processing and output in a very comfortable, easy-to-follow scenario. Brief and non-technical, it includes somewhat rare footage of a CDC 3600 in operation. Peripherals shown including CDC tape drives, printers, plotter and an IBM model 56 punch card verifier. We hope you enjoy this great piece of computing history. Our thanks to CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization for allowing us to reproduce this film. https://www.csiro.au/ Scenes, Images and Peripherals by Time Index: Opening Scenes: 00:22 Man using IBM 80 Column Punch Card Input Form 02:50 Data entry, IBM Punch Cards and IBM 056 Verifier 03:22 Punch card program decks and data cards 04:03 Computer Room, CDC 3600 console, tapes 04:39 CDC 3600 Operator at Control Console 05:03 High-Speed Card Reader 05:41 Computer Core Memory Unit 06:10 Magnetic Tape Unit close-up 06:13 CDC 3600 Arithmetic Unit CPU 06:29 Line Printer and Output 06:40 CDC 3293 Plotter (Calcomp 565) 07:49 Appendix and More Info Slides 10:25 Recommended Resources: -- Control Data Systems, Inc. History http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/control-data-systems-inc-history/ Chronology of Control Data Corporation (at Charles Babbage Institute) http://www.cbi.umn.edu/resources/mncomphist-c.html#cdc VIDEOS: Control Data Corporation CDC 6600 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCYVcL8Ud1A&t=8s 1967 - CDC 6600 - Control Data Corporation (brief excerpt) mainframe Naval Weather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLuh_O4mYbA PLATO Computer Systems - computer aided learning - CAL CAI CBT education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmWcGhlXqA https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

080918 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are. PLEASE JOIN US in Preserving Computer History with a small contribution to our channel. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LCNS584PPN28E Your contribution greatly helps us continue to bring you educational, historical, vintage computing topics. Thank you! ~ Computer History Archives Project Original 1944 film footage of IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC) aka the "Harvard Mark 1" world’s largest electro-mechanical calculator. Uploaded with improved audio, video, narration and new music soundtrack! (4 mins) Hope you enjoy! Photos and film courtesy of IBM and U.S. Naval Archives Music score Courtesy of"The Frozen Goat Band" Russ Lassonde: Rhythm Guitar Ed McCarthy: Drums Matt Greenia: Lead Guitar Bob Habereni: Bass Narration, Patrick Phillips Compilation by Computer History Archives Project ---- ASCC Bits and Trivia---- -designed in 1937 by Harvard Graduate Student, Howard Aiken to solve advanced math & physics problems; -built by IBM for Harvard University, completed in 1944; -over 51 feet long, 8ft. tall, with 500 miles of wiring; -operated by U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships; -world's largest electro-mechanical computer (not electronic); -utilized switches, relays and 765,000 electromechanical components; -input from 24-channel punched paper tape; -design included 78 adding machines linked together; -operated from 1944 to 1959; -overall cost nearly $300,000 https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/

170918 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are. World's first computer company: "ELECTRONIC CONTROL COMPANY" later named the ECKERT-MAUCHLY COMPUTER CORPORATION (EMCC -1946). This documentary describes development of BINAC (1949) by Dr. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, inventors of ENIAC (1946) & UNIVAC (1951). {Compilation: Mark Greenia, Computer History Archives Project and John William Mauchly Jr. (son of inventor Dr. John Mauchly) who provided original 1948 EMCC Film & Photos, historical info and the Accompanying Music Score.} This presentation reveals rare footage (some never before seen) of the BINAC in operation and a “behind- the-scenes” film courtesy of John William Mauchly Jr. showing EMCC engineers during the computer’s construction in 1947-1948. (Professional Narration by David Melvin.) BINAC was also the FIRST STORED-PROGRAM COMPUTER in the U.S. Built under contract for Northrop Aircraft, it used Mercury Delay Line Memory, and over 1,400 tubes. It was designed as two identical computers connected together, each one checking the other. The BINAC predated UNIVAC I and included several groundbreaking technologies. Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation ("EMCC") was purchased by Remington Rand in 1950, and the now famous UNIVAC 1 was released in March 1951. Many groundbreaking computers followed, including UNIVAC Solid-State, Univac File Computer, Univac Scientific, UNIVAC-LARC and others. Now part of Unisys Corporation, the “Sperry-Remington-Rand Univac” family of computer experts, along with those of Engineering Research Associates (ERA), encompassed some of the world’s leading computer visionaries during in the 1950’s and early 60’s. Provided here for educational and historical purposes. We hope you enjoy this great vintage material. Acknowledgements and Credits: = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Tony Buglioni, Manager External Communications & and Media Relations, Unisys, Inc. -Angela Schad, Reference Archivist, Digital Archives Specialist -Kevin Martin, Curator of Audiovisual Collections Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware https://www.hagley.org/ Dag Spicer, Senior Curator, Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California http://www.computerhistory.org Additional References and Links: Original 8 page BINAC white paper from 1949, at the Computer History Museum: http://s3data.computerhistory.org/brochures/eckertmauchly.binac.1949.102646200.pdf “Pioneer Programmer: Jean Jennings Bartik and the Computer that Changed the World", Jean Jennings Bartik autobiography, edited by Dr. Jon Rickman, Kim Todd, Truman State Press, 2013. “From dits to bits: A personal history of the electronic computer,” by Herman Lukoff, Robotics Press, 1980. “Computers and Commerce, A Study of Technology and Management at Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company, Engineering Research Associates, and Remington Rand,” 1947-1957, Arthur L. Norberg, MIT Press, 2005 Jeremy M. Norman; Innovative Aspects of the BINAC http://www.Historyofinformation.com Other VIDEOS: - - UNIVAC 1 Computer History - Basic Components Overview 1951 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU-IVshCAss ENIAC Computer History Archives Project - remastered 1946 Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGk9W65vXNA “UNIVAC” and “Sperry-Rand,” “Remington Rand” names are copyrighted by Unisys Corporation. Uploaded by Computer History Archives Project (CHAP) for educational and historical purposes only. NOTE: Seen in the Thumbnail image are J. Presper Eckert with the Drum Memory unit, and John Mauchly with a plugin circuit board. Behind Mauchly is a 1947 Tektronix Oscilloscope model 511 and additional vacuum tube boards of the BINAC. Taken at the EMCC facility. * Welcome! If you enjoy our historical videos, please help us provide more vintage content with a donation. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LCNS584PPN28E ~ Your contribution greatly helps! Thank you for your support! https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/