University Digital Conservancy :: Browsing by Subject "Control Data Corporation"

Browsing by Subject "Control Data Corporation"

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City Venture Corporation: An Experiment in Urban Development Through Public/Private Partnership.
(Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota, 1990) Anding, Thomas L.; Bouman, Mark; Duren Jr., Edward; Lukermann, Barbara L.; Shippee, Warner; Smith, Rebecca; Stadum, Beverly
Oral history interview with Arnold J. Ryden
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1983-03-15) Ryden, Arnold J.
Ryden describes the formation of Control Data Corporation. He discusses his role and the roles of the other founders, especially Bill Drake and William Norris, in organizing the company and arranging the initial financing.
Oral history interview with Arnold J. Ryden
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1995-04-05) Ryden, Arnold J.
After briefly discussing his educational background, Ryden explains his role as treasurer for Engineering Research Associates (ERA), the formation of Midwest Technical Development Corporation to supply venture capital to start up high tech companies, and his later role in the formation of Control Data Corporation. He relates the circumstances surrounding his purchase of Telex and the spinoff of the data products division as DataProducts Corporation. Ryden discusses his involvement in arranging financing for start up companies and concludes the interview with an explanation of his research on entrepreneurship.
Oral history interview with Barney L. Hanson
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1982-04-01) Hanson, Barney L.
Hanson describes the history of the development of personnel management and personnel recruiting at Control Data Corporation.
Oral history interview with Bjarne R. Eng
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1983-05-17) Eng, Bjarne R.
Eng discusses the financial history of Control Data Corporation and his role as one of the key financial officers of the firm.
Oral history interview with Bruce Wilson
(Charles Babbage Institute, 2013-11-19) Wilson, Bruce
In November 2013, CBI director Tom Misa conducted a series of oral history interviews with 13 former employees of Control Data Australia (1963-89) including the details of each person’s career, before and after working for Control Data. Topics that are common to many of the interviews include Trevor Robinson’s key role in organizing Control Data Australia; the early computer sales in Australia to the Bureau of Census and Statistics, Department of Defence, Postmaster General, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Bureau of Meteorology, and several prominent Australian universities. Control Data Australia did business data processing for such large concerns as Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP), Telstra, and others. A distinctive emphasis was its work in developing computer systems for race-track betting for the state of Victoria’s Totalisator Agency Board (TAB) as well as for other Australian states and New Zealand. Other topics include relations with Control Data’s headquarters in Minneapolis, business data processing, data centers, database management, networking and Cybernet, and projects done in several Far East countries. Interviews were conducted with Richard Bament, John Baxter, Ron G. Bird, Tony Blackmore, Lyle Bowden, Marcel Dayan, Ian Downie, Julie James, George Karoly, John O’Neil, Garry Pearce, Rob Robertson, and Bruce Wilson.
Oral history interview with Charles F. Crichton
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1981-10-07) Crichton, Charles F.
Crichton discusses the history of data services at Control Data Corporation.
Oral history interview with Charles L. Hawley
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1982-06-04) Hawley, Charles L.
Hawley describes design work for peripherals and components for the Control Data 1604 computer and changes in design techniques with later Control Data computers.
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.
Oral history interview with Donald L. Bitzer
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1982-08-17) Bitzer, Donald Lester
Bitzer, inventor of PLATO, discusses the history of the development of PLATO including the interaction between the Computer-Based Education Research Laboratory (CERL) at the University of Illinois and Control Data Corporation.
Oral history interview with Donald L. Bitzer
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1988-02-19) Bitzer, Donald Lester
Bitzer discusses his relationship with Control Data Corporation (CDC) during the development of PLATO, a computer-assisted instruction system. He describes the interest in PLATO of Harold Brooks, a CDC salesman and his help in procuring a 1604 computer for Bitzer's use. Bitzer recalls the commercialization of PLATO by CDC and his disagreements with CDC over marketing strategy and the creation of courseware for PLATO.
Oral history interview with Donn B. Parker
(Charles Babbage Institute, 2003-05-14) Parker, Donn B.
Donn Parker, a renowned expert on computer security, begins by discusses his education and early programming and managerial work at General Dynamics and the Control Data Corporation (CDC). The bulk of the interview concentrates on developments and contexts to Parker’s subsequent work at SRI on computer security and computer crime. This pioneering research, which was funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Justice, provided Parker with the substance for a number of influential books. Parker also discusses the emergence of the computer security industry, IBM’s contributions to the field, and computer security legislation. He concludes by addressing aspects of the contemporary computer security situation, best practices to prevent breaches, and his formation of the International Information Integrity Institute (I4).
Oral history interview with Edward Feigenbaum
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1979-06-12) Feigenbaum, Edward A.
Feigenbaum discusses the formation and growth of the Stanford University Computer Science Department and its acquisition of facilities. He recalls how IBM and Control Data Corporation replaced Burroughs as the university's computer vendor because of the need for large-scale computing. He explains his effort as head of the Computation Center to centralize all university computing activities, and the failure of that effort in the l970s with the introduction of minicomputers on campus. Feigenbaum also details the department's financing, including government support (ARPA, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research), equipment donations from industry (IBM especially), and faculty salaries. Feigenbaum credits George Forsythe for the department's initial success in key areas such as numerical analysis, systems, and artificial intelligence, and hiring talented faculty such as John McCarthy.
Oral history interview with Edward G. Vargon
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1982-10-05) Vargon, Edward G.
Vargon describes Control Data Corporation's interaction with the labor force at their Korean core memory plant in the 1970s.
Oral history interview with Elmer Trousdale
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1977) Trousdale, Elmer
Trousdale, a lawyer from the Oppenheimer firm that worked with Control Data Corporation (CDC) on its lawsuit against International Business Machines (IBM), discusses the CDC versus IBM litigation.
Oral history interview with Eugene L. Baker
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1982-06-01) Baker, Eugene L.
Baker discusses Control Data Corporation's social and employee programs.
Oral history interview with Eugene L. Baker
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1980-02-14) Baker, Eugene L.
Baker describes the peripherals development at Cedar Engineering, Cedar's relationship with Control Data Corporation, and personnel management at Cedar.
Oral history interview with Frank C. Mullaney
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1986-06) Mullaney, Frank C.
Mullaney begins by describing his early life, electrical engineering education, radar work in World War II with General Electric, and sonar work with the Navy. He discusses the various projects to which he was assigned at Engineering Research Associates (ERA), especially the Atlas (ERA 1101) computer. Other topics include the ERA 1102 and ERA 1103 computers, John L. Hill, the acquisition of ERA by Remington Rand, J. Presper Eckert, and the formation of Control Data Corporation.
Oral history interview with Frank Dawe
(Charles Babbage Institute, 1982-04) Dawe, Franklin R.
Frank Dawe discusses the international and personnel operations of Control Data Corporation.
Oral history interview with Fred Laccabue
(Charles Babbage Institute, 2009-12-04) Laccabue, Fred
This oral history briefly addresses Fred Laccabue’s early career with Convair, and his work on the COOP monitor and other early Control Data Corporation (CDC) software systems, but the bulk of the interview focuses the Air Force’s Advanced Logistics System. Control Data was the lead contractor for the ALS of the Air Force Logistics Command, and Laccabue was the project manager for seven years—from the pre-bid stage until late in the project. The interview details CDC’s pre-bid work, bidding for the project, the problematic design specifications in the Air Force RFP, the challenges of the project, project redefinition and renegotiation, and the decision to discontinue ALS. It also touches briefly on Laccabue’s work with CDC’s STAR program, and, after leaving CDC, his work with Fairchild Semiconductor and Tandem/Hewlett-Packard.