Oral history interview with R. Blair Smith
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Smith, R. Blair
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After describing his early life, Smith describes his move to International Business Machines (IBM) as a salesman. He discusses his experiences with the IBM 701 and 702 computers and his role in founding the Digital Computer Association (later SHARE). Smith also recalls how a chance meeting with C. R. Smith, president of American Airlines, eventually led to the development of the SABRE system. He also describes the design, sale, and implementation of the SABRE system and the changes caused by the System/360.
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Computer history
SHARE (Association)
SABRE (Computer system) -- History
International Business Machines Corporation.
Digital Computing Association
Computers -- United States -- History
Computer user groups
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Transcript, 47 pp.
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R. Blair Smith, OH 34. Oral history interview by Robina Mapstone, May 1980. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107637
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Smith, R. Blair. (1980). Oral history interview with R. Blair Smith. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107637.
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