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Item Oral history interview with Arnold Spielberg(Charles Babbage Institute, 1987-06-23) Spielberg, ArnoldSpielberg, an electronics engineer and manager in Product Technology Operations for Unisys, discusses product development in the computer industry. He describes his work with RCA and General Electric Computer Dept. in the 1950s; IBM, Scientific Data Systems, and Electronic Arrays in the 1960s; and his work with Burroughs (and later Unisys) after 1973. Subjects discussed include: point-of-sale equipment; product development and marketing; GE 225; IBM computers; Burroughs computers; Scientific Data System's SIGMA series; and GP2000 (a cooperative graphics product of Burroughs and Superset).Item Oral history interview with Fernando J. Corbató(Charles Babbage Institute, 1990-11-14) Corbató, F. J.Corbató discusses computer science research, especially time-sharing, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Topics in the first session include: Phil Morse and the establishment of the Computation Center, Corbató's management of the Computation Center, the development of the WHIRLWIND computer, John McCarthy and research on time-sharing, cooperation between International Business Machines (IBM) and MIT, and J. C. R. Licklider and the development of Project MAC. Topics in the second session include: time-sharing, the development of MULTICS by the General Electric (GE) Computer Division, IBM's reaction to MIT working with GE, the development of CTSS, the development of UNIX in cooperation with Bell Labs, interaction with the Information Processing Techniques Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, interaction with Honeywell after they purchased GE's Computer Division, and the transformation of Project MAC into the Laboratory for Computer Science.Item Oral history interview with Thomas J. O'Rourke(Charles Babbage Institute, 1987-05-29) O'Rourke, Thomas J.; Bruemmer, BruceO'Rourke describes his work in sales for General Electric's Computer Department. In this context he discusses the development of ERMA, the GE210 computer, and check sorting machines, notes the contributions of R. R. Johnson and recalls the influence of Al Zipf and the Bank of America in improving check sorting technology. O'Rourke also recalls his decision to form Tymshare.