Oral history interview with Richard A. Zemlin, 1988 May 16.

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Oral history interview with Richard A. Zemlin, 1988 May 16.

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Zemlin worked for several computer firms before joining Control Data (CDC) to develop software for the CDC 1604. He discusses the establishment of a software group and the simultaneous development of a service bureau in the San Francisco Bay area. He mentions the software group under Seymour Cray that developed the FORTRAN compiler for the 1604 and the group built up by Richard Gunderson. Software development at CDC was originally under the direction of George Hanson. Later Frank Mullaney oversaw software development before Clair Miller was hired to head software development specifically. Zemlin points out that early software was conceived of as applications.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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