General Electric Company. Computer Dept.
The Computer Department of the General Electric Company (GE) was established in 1956 with H. R. (Barney) Oldfield as its general manager. Its main operations were located in Phoenix, Arizona. The department manufactured mainframe computers and other computer equipment until 1970, when the department was sold to Honeywell, Inc. GE also maintained a computer center at Arizona State University; it donated an IBM 704 computer in 1957 and a GE-304 computer in 1960.
From the description of General Electric Company Computer Department scrapbook, 1956-1962. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63287874
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| creatorOf | General Electric Company. Computer Dept. General Electric Company Computer Department scrapbook, 1956-1962. | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
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| associatedWith | Arizona State University. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Gammage, Grady. | person |
| associatedWith | Grosch, Herbert R. J. | person |
| associatedWith | Lasher, Clair C. | person |
| associatedWith | Newman, Arthur G. | person |
| associatedWith | Oldfield, Homer R. | person |
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