Heart, Frank2011-06-132011-06-131990-03-13Frank Heart, OH 186. Oral history interview by Judy E. O'Neill, 13 March 1990, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107349OH 186https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107349Transcript, 39 pp. Audio file available at http://purl.umn.edu/95680Following a brief overview of his fifteen years of experience at Lincoln Laboratory (including work on Whirlwind and SAGE), Heart describes his move to Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN) and how he became involved with the ARPA network project. As the manager of the project at BBN for over ten years, Heart discusses his relationships with the group at BBN, DARPA and Lawrence Roberts, and the host community. Some of the problems encountered and surprises in the development of the network are addressed by Heart, as are the changes he has seen in DARPA over the years of his involvement with them. This interview was recorded as part of a research project on the influence of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on the development of computer science in the United States.en-USComputer historyUnited States. -- Advanced Research Projects Agency. -- Information Processing Techniques OfficeSAGE (Air defense system)Roberts, Lawrence G.Lincoln LaboratoryFederal aid to research -- United StatesComputers -- United States -- HistoryComputer science -- United States -- ResearchComputer networks -- United States -- ResearchBolt, Beranek and Newman, inc.ARPANET (Computer network)Whirlwind computerOral History