Oral history interview with Paul Armer, 1981 ca. June 1.

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Oral history interview with Paul Armer, 1981 ca. June 1.

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Armer discusses three major topics. He begins with an outline of the history of computers in industry, devoting special attention to changes in business affected by technological innovations. He describes the first commercial computer, the UNIVAC of Remington Rand, and explains how International Business Machines (IBM) entered the computer business later than a number of other companies, but became the industry leader through its marketing strategies. Armer next turn to his career at the Rand Corporation. He describes the JOHNNIAC computer built at Rand and the equipment they purchased from IBM.

Transcript : 24 p.Videocassettes : 4 (15 min. each) : U-matic, color.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Head of the Computer Science Dept. of RAND Corporation and later computer industry analyst. From the description of Oral history interview with Paul Armer, 1973 Apr. 16. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63306975 Paul Armer (1924-), an employee of the Rand Corporation, was a pioneer in computer development on the West Coast in the 1950s and 1960s. He was an officer of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association for Computing Machines (ACM) in the 195...

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