Oral history interview with Lloyd M. Thorndyke, 1982 June 4.

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Oral history interview with Lloyd M. Thorndyke, 1982 June 4.

Thorndyke describes the development of peripherals engineering at Control Data Corporation and his own research in flying head drum memory, and concludes the interview with a discussion of the advances made possible through the use of large scale integrated circuitry.

Sound cassette : 1 (60 min.) : analog, mono.Transcript: 48 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7812354

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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In January 1980, William C. Norris began planning for Control Data Corporation (CDC) executives to write histories of the major business segments of the company. After compiling a list of potential contributors, selected current and former CDC executives were requested to write narratives, with as much supporting documentation as possible, on specific business areas or topics in mid-1980. By late 1981, all the narratives had been completed. From the description of Control Data Corpor...

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