Computers ACCESS Online Information Retrieval Systems 1974 : DIALOG, LEADER, DBMS database terminals

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Your contribution greatly helps! Thank you! ~ CHAP. Today, for review & discussion we examine a 1974 documentary -- “Computer Information Retrieval Systems.” Early Online database systems are profiled with original film clips from the mid 1970’s. Services such as Lockheed’s DIALOG system, AQUARIUS, SPIRES-2 of Stanford University, and LEADER, and the TYMNET network.

From the excellent UCE film “ACCESS” by John Nutt, we visit scenes from Stanford University and Berkeley, California. The structure of computer based DATABASE systems is discussed and the “future” of online systems, from the perspective of the mid 1970’s users. A fun and informative romp through the mid 1970's online computer access options. (Uploaded for review and comment only. Computer History Archives Project - CHAP)
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The film also shows a number of terminals, including Hazeltine, IBM, etc., and a computerized ticket office in California (1975) with a Control Data Corporation “TICKETRON” terminal, and a prototype computerized information retrieval system at a bookstore in Berkeley, California. "TICKETRON" was a forerunner of Ticketmaster. Original color film from 1974. Run time about 14 mins.

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Background:
The Lockheed DIALOG system, was developed at Palo Alto Research Laboratory in 1966, , and available commercially in 1972.

AQUARIUS, used by the U.S. Legislative Information Center, was part of the STAIRS “Storage and Information Retrieval System,” developed by IBM.

SPIRES, was the Stanford Public Information REtrieval System, developed in the late 1960's at Stanford University.

“LEADER,” stood for “Lehigh Automatic Device for Efficient Retrieval,” It was conceived by Professor Donald Hillman, a pioneer in online information services in the 1960’s. LEADER allowed the end-user to search the online information system based on retrieving the full text of documents.
LEADER was operational by 1965, and ran on the IBM model 1800 Data Acquisition and Control System, introduced of 1964.