Browsing by Subject "Burroughs B6500 (Computer)"

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    Oral history interview with Bobby A. Creech
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1987-06-27) Creech, Bobby A.
    Creech, manager of Product Technology Operations at Unisys' Pasadena plant at the time of the interview, discusses his career at the Burroughs Corporation since 1962. Subjects discussed include: his management of software and programming on the B 6500; coding for data communications on the B 5500; his responsibilities as the Terminal Systems Group director; and his management of the Medium Systems Group at Pasadena.
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    Oral history interview with Leroy R. Guck
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1987-06-25) Guck, LeRoy R.
    Guck discusses his career with Burroughs Corporation. He describes his start with the ElectroData Division in 1957 and his subsequent advancement. Guck discusses the differences between working on hardware and software and his work on a FORTRAN compiler for the B 5000, a COBOL compiler for the B 6500, DMS 1, DMS II, and DDrive.