Browsing by Subject "Computer storage devices -- Design and construction"

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    Oral history interview with Don K. Sampson
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1980-02-12) Sampson, Don K.
    Sampson discusses the design of disk storage units and Control Data Corporation's peripherals business.
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    Oral history interview with Gordon R. Brown
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1980-02-14) Brown, Gordon R.
    Brown discusses Control Data Corporation's move into manufacturing plug-compatible products and the development of mass storage technology.
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    Oral history interview with John J. Hillesley
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1980-02-11) Hillesley, John J.
    Hillesley describes the evolution of Control Data Corporation's role as a computer peripherals manufacturer, especially the development of disk drives.
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    Oral history interview with Leo F. Slattery
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1982-06-04) Slattery, Leo F.
    Slattery describes the work environment for engineers at Control Data Corporation and discusses his work on the circuitry and logic for various Control Data computers.
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    Oral history interview with Lloyd M. Thorndyke
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1982-06-04) Thorndyke, Lloyd M.
    Thorndyke describes the development of peripherals engineering at Control Data Corporation and his own research in flying head drum memory, and concludes the interview with a discussion of the advances made possible through the use of large scale integrated circuitry.
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    Oral history interview with Lloyd M. Thorndyke
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1980-02-18) Thorndyke, Lloyd M.
    Thorndyke discusses the evolution of Control Data Corporation's peripherals business and describes the development of various peripherals, emphasizing disk storage products.
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    Oral history interview with Paul J. Bulver
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1980-02-12) Bulver, Paul J.
    Bulver describes the development of Control Data Corporation's peripherals business. He discusses the personnel involved, the design and construction of peripheral equipment, especially disk storage and tape readers, and various companies acquired to improve Control Data's peripherals line.
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    Oral history interview with Robert L. Perkins
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1980-02-13) Perkins, Robert L., 1920-
    Perkins traces the beginnings of Control Data Corporation's (CDC) peripherals business from Engineering Research Associates through Remington Rand. He discusses the development of CDC peripheral equipment, especially disk storage.