Burroughs Corporation records. System Development Corporation records. 1946-1982

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Burroughs Corporation records. System Development Corporation records. 1946-1982

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Collection contains the records of the System Development Corporation, including a history file with information about the RAND Corporation, the System Development Division, and the System Development Corporation. It also contains correspondence, meetings and minutes, symposiums and presentations, product literature, technical literature, reports on systems engineering, systems design, human-computer interaction, and user interfaces, and a subject file.

23 boxes (23 cubic feet)

eng,

University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6615267

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System Development Corporation

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System Development Corporation evolved out of the System Development Division of the RAND Corporation. This division, and later the independent company, were in the business of studying how humans and machines (especially computers and sophisticated electronics) interacted. The System Development Division was spun off in 1957, and became the non-profit company named SDC, or System Development Corporation. SDC became a for-profit operation in 1968, and was acquired by Burroughs Corporation in 198...

Rand corporation

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Burroughs Corporation

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The collection contains manuals for a number of different Burroughs computer systems, including the B6700, the B7000/B6000/B5000 families, and large systems in general. They concentrate on the programming languages (ALGOL and COBOL), but also contain primers on CANDE, WFL, and the DMSII system. From the guide to the Burroughs Corporation records. Product literature., 1910-1984, (Bulk: 1961-1982), (University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi]) The HOBO ...