Oral history interview with Isaac Auerbach, 1992 Oct. 2-3.

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Oral history interview with Isaac Auerbach, 1992 Oct. 2-3.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63289955

Auerbach begins by discussing friction between himself and J. Presper Eckert and his reasons for leaving Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation. He recounts the circumstances leading to his employment from 1949 to 1957 with the Burroughs Corporation, his relations with Irven Travis, who headed the computer department at Burroughs, and the formation of the Burroughs Research Laboratory.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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