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The Charles Babbage Institute (CBI) is an archives and research center dedicated to preserving the history of information technology and promoting and conducting research in the field. The CBI Archives, a unit of the University of Minnesota Libraries' Archives and Special Collections Department, collects, preserves and provides access to rich archival collections documenting the history of information technology. CBI’s historical research program, part of the University's College of Science and Engineering, fosters new understanding of developments in the history of computing, software, and networking; supports the work of scholars outside the Institute; and works collaboratively with individuals and organizations throughout the world.
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Item Burroughs B 5000 Conference(Charles Babbage Institute, 1985-09-06) Waychoff, Richard; Turner, Lloyd; Rosin, Robert F.; Pearson, Ralph W.; Oliphint, G. Clark; MacKenzie, F. Brad; MacDonald, Ray W.; MacDonald, Duncan N.; Lonergan, William D.; Kreuder, Norman L.; King, Paul D.; Hootman, Joseph T.; Hauck, Erwin A.; Hale, John E.; Galler, Bernard A., 1928-; Ford, James; Eppert, Ray R., 1902-; Dent, Benjamin A.; Dahm, David M.; Creech, Bobby A.; Collins, George A.; Berce, Henri; Barton, Robert S.The Burroughs 5000 computer series is discussed by individuals responsible for its development and marketing from 1957 through the 1960s in a conference sponsored by AFIPS and Burroughs Corporation. In the first session the technical aspects of the B 5000 and 5500 are discussed by a group of managers, engineers, and consultants. Topics include: the state of the industry in the late 1950s; the 5000's predecessors, particularly the ElectroData 101 and 201, B 205, and B 220; factors influencing the decision to produce the B 5000; reasons for designing the machine for ALGOL rather than FORTRAN and the effect of this decision on the computer's development and sales. The group reviews the MCP operating system, PERM, Polish notation, descriptors, stacks, the BALGOL compiler, and other innovations of the computer. In the second session, the same group discusses the development of the B 5000 into a product, including the effect of the administrative organization on the project; the relations between hardware and software engineers; the interaction of project personnel and upper-level management, field marketing, and customers; the COBOL processor, the head protract disk system; the operating system; ALGOL; and documentation of the computer. In the third session managers, sales personnel, and customers of the B 5000 discuss Burroughs' product line before the 200 and 5000 series computers; sales training and market reaction to the B 5000; acceptance of B 5000s at Ohio Oil Company and Stanford University; its rejection by the University of Michigan; reasons why the B 5000 was not marketed overseas; and Burroughs' presidents Raymond Eppert and Ray MacDonald. Technical session participants included: Robert S. Barton, Bobby A. Creech, David M. Dahm, Benjamin A. Dent, Bernard A. Galler, John E. S. Hale, Erwin A. Hauck, Paul D. King, Norman Kreuder, William Lonergan, Duncan MacDonald, F. Brad MacKenzie, G. Clark Oliphint, Robert F. Rosin, Lloyd Turner, and Richard Waychoff. Marketing session participants included: Henri Berce, George A. Collins, James Ford, Bernard A. Galler, John E. S. Hale, Joseph T. Hootman, Paul D. King, F. Brad MacKenzie, Ralph W. Pearson, and Robert F. Rosin.Item Conversations (oral history interviews) with members of North Carolina State University Computer Science Department by Carol Lee and Carolyn Miller(Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, 2017-08-01) Bahler, Dennis; Battestilli, Lina; DeMaria, Mark; Healey, Christopher; Heckman, Sarah; Heil, Margaret; Lester, James; Mott, Bradford; Mealin, Sean; Novitsky, Melissa; Reeves, Douglas; Rouskas, George; Streck, John; Tate, Ken; Vouk, Mladen; Williams, LaurieThis is a compilation of 16 individual interviews gathered between November 2016 and February 2017 and published in August 2017 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Computer Science at N.C. State University. Interviewees ranged from undergraduate students to the Department Head. The interviewees included three students, eleven faculty, and two staff members. Their interviewees provide a broad view of the department in the decade ending in 2017. Two standard questions were asked of each interviewee: what computing devices do you use and what is computer science today? The answers reflect the personal computing technology in use at the time, as well as the definition of Computer Science from various points of view and experience. The ubiquity of computers in every facet of contemporary life is a recurring response. The primary themes are: the abundance of opportunity within computer science education and the importance of seizing it; the multi-disciplinary nature of the department, which includes the presence of the Center for the Education and Informatics; the benefit of being located in the Research Triangle Park with all its opportunities for collaboration and future employment; the cutting-edge program for undergraduate research; and the innovative capstone class combining writing and presentation skills with computer science knowledge. There is emphasis on the Professional Teaching Faculty, which includes computer science faculty members who are dedicated exclusively to teaching, with no research or grant-writing responsibilities. Also featured is the Interdisciplinary Faculty Cluster program in which faculty from many disciplines are hired in a cluster to work on a specific theme or research topic.Item Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 10 August 1976, Vol. 2: No. 15(University of Minnesota, 1976-08-10) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 10 February 1976, Vol. 2: No. 3(University of Minnesota, 1976-02-10) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 10 February 1981, Vol. 7: No. 3(University of Minnesota, 1981-02-10) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 10 January 1978, Vol. 4: No. 1(University of Minnesota, 1978-01-10) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 10 July 1979, Vol. 5: No. 13(University of Minnesota, 1979-07-10) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 10 June 1980, Vol. 6: No. 11(University of Minnesota, 1980-06-10) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 10 March 1976, Vol. 2: No. 5(University of Minnesota, 1976-03-10) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 10 March 1981, Vol. 7: No. 5(University of Minnesota, 1981-03-10) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 10 May 1977, Vol. 3: No. 9(University of Minnesota, 1977-05-10) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 10 October 1978, Vol. 4: No. 19(University of Minnesota, 1978-10-10) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 11 April 1978, Vol. 4: No. 7(University of Minnesota, 1978-04-11) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 11 April 1979, Vol. 5: No. 7(University of Minnesota, 1979-04-11) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 11 August 1981, Vol. 7: No. 15(University of Minnesota, 1981-08-11) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 11 December 1979, Vol. 5: No. 23(University of Minnesota, 1979-12-11) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 11 January 1977, Vol. 3: No. 1(University of Minnesota, 1977-01-11) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 11 July 1978, Vol. 4: No. 13(University of Minnesota, 1978-07-11) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 11 March 1980, Vol. 6: No. 5(University of Minnesota, 1980-03-11) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., EditorItem Deadstart Systems Newsletter, 11 May 1976, Vol. 2: No. 9(University of Minnesota, 1976-05-11) University of Minnesota. University Computer Center; Lanzatella, Thomas W., Editor