Vintage Sperry-Rand UNIVAC 1050 U.S. Air Force Computer Automation (1966) AFLC Base Supply (Vietnam)

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**Vintage Computer History, Air Force Automation: AFLC, Vietnam. An expanded version of our mini-documentary on the large-scale Sperry UNIVAC 1050-II implementation conducted by the U.S. Air Force Logistics Command (“AFLC”) in 1963 to 1966. One of the largest computer acquisitions and installations ever made, installing over 100 UNIVAC 1050 systems in bases throughout the world. Part of the creation of the Standard Base Supply System (SBSS), which remained in use for decades. Includes 1966 film clips from Da Nang, Vietnam and computer data center. (Historical Note: This is the same Base that was attacked during the Tet Offensive, in 1968.)

This film is Dedicated to members of United States Air Force and former employees of Sperry-Rand (UNIVAC).

Uploaded by Computer History Archives Project.
Editor: Mark Greenia; Narrator: David Melvin.

Special thanks to:

U.S. Air Force Archives
Unisys Corporation

Hagley Museum, of Delaware
http://www.hagley.org

Al Kossow’s Bitsavers.org
http://www.bitsavers.org

VIP Club -- Information Technology (IT) Pioneers
Retirees and former employees of Unisys, Lockheed Martin, and their heritage companies
http://vipclubmn.org/

Computer History Museum
http://www.computerhistory.org

Links to Key References:

UNIVAC 1050 General Reference Manual, by Sperry Rand, 1963
http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/univac/1050/UP-2590_1050ref_1962.pdf

AIR FORCE MAGAZINE, September 1964, article: “The Air Force Logistics Command”
https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/1964/September%201964/0964aflc.pdf

The Air Force Comptroller magazine, April 1985, Data Automation (article)
https://archive.org/details/airforcecomptrol1920unit/page/n55/mode/2up?q=univac

The RAND Report (1968 post implementation study)
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1927/53b84b808edefd05faac90b7f215214599a2.pdf

Univac 1050-II (BRL Report: Specifications)
http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL64-u.html

Sperry Univac 1100/60 Specifications
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/1100/datapro/70C-877-12_8301_UNIVAC_1100_60.pdf

Sperry Univac Series 1100 “Sales Information Manual” courtesy of VIP Club
http://vipclubmn.org/BitsBakUp/U7265%20Sperry%20Univac%20Series%201100%20Sales%20Information%20Manual%20(July%201982).pdf

Fastrand Costs: The Fastrand Drum Storage Unit cost $160,000 by itself.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luPM6XaKZuU&t=11s
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