Oral history interview with Arnold Spielberg, 1987 June 23.

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Oral history interview with Arnold Spielberg, 1987 June 23.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63284514

Spielberg discusses product development in the computer industry. He describes his work with RCA and General Electric Computer Dept. in the 1950s; IBM, Scientific Data Systems, and Electronic Arrays in the 1960s; and his work with Burroughs (and later Unisys) after 1973. Subjects discussed include point-of-sale equipment; product development and marketing; GE 225; IBM computers; Burroughs computers; Scientific Data Systems' SIGMA series; and GP2000 (a cooperative graphics product of Burroughs and Superset).

Sound cassettes : 2 (90 min. each) : analog, mono.Transcript : 50 p.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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