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TCM Report Winter 1984-1985 Robert Everett BOARD OF DIRECTORS Contents THE COMPUTER MUSEUM Kenneth G. Fisher The Computer Museum is a non-profit Jay W. Forrester John William Poduska. Sr.. Chairman 50l(c)3 foundation that chronicles the evo­ Gardner Hendrie Apollo Computer, Inc. Winston R. Hindle. Jr. The Director's Letter lution of information processing through C. Gordon Bell Dr. Gwe n Bell exhibitions. archives. publications. research. Theodore G. and Ruth T. Johnson and programs. John Allen Jones Encore Computer Corporation Mitchell Kapor 4 It is conveniently located minutes from Logan Allan Kent Dr. Gwen Bell Exhibits International Airport and just a short walk Jack S. Kilby The Computer Museum from Boston's financial district and historic Andrew C. Knowles. JII Erich Bloch Whirlw ind landmarks such as Faneuil Hall and the David J. A. Koogler National Science Foundation AN/FSQ-7 and SAGE Freedom Trail. Edward and Debbie Kramer Museum Hours: The Museum hours are John Wand Edna W Lacey Harvey D. Cragon UNIVAC I 11 AM-6 PM. Wednesday. Saturday. and Sun­ Ralph and Linda Linsalata University of Texas. Austin John Norris Maguire Timeline day and 11 AM-9 PM. Thursday and Friday. David Donaldson It is closed Mondays. Tuesdays. Christmas. Richard D. Mallery Batch -Processing New Years. and Thanksgiving. Thomas Marill Ropes and Gray Daniel D. McCracken Seymour Cray M useum Membersh ip: The Museum offers James L. McKenney Robert Everett Contemporary Tech nology both corporate and individual memberships; Thomas and Elizabeth McWilliams The MITRE Corporation individual membership categories range from Carver Mead Dr. Sydney Fernbach Computer and the Image $30.00 to $4.096.00 and Corporate Membership Robert M. Metcalfe from $1.000 to $10.000. Robert M. Morrill Computer Consultant 13 David and Pat Nelson C. Lester Hogan The Integrated Circuit: All members receive a membership card. Robert Noyce Fairchild Camera and Instrument free subscription to The Computer Museum Kenneth Olsen Origins and Impact Report. a 10% discount on merchandise from Stanley C. Olsen Corporation The Computer Museum Store. free admission Robert N. Noyce John L. Payne Theodore G. Johnson and invitations to Museum previews. For more Edward G. Perkins information. contact Jana Buchholz. Member­ John William Poduska Mitchell Kapor 16 ship Coordinator at The Computer Museum. Fontaine K. Richardson Lotus Development Corporation 300 Congress Street. Boston. MA 02210. From The Computer Douglas Ross Dr. Koji Kobayashi (617) 426-2800. Jean E. Sammet Museum Store Alan F. Shugart NEC Corporation 1984 MEMBERS- $250 or more Richard L. Sites 17 John Lacey David Ah1. Mr. and Mrs. Rolland B. Arndt. Ronald G. Smart Control Data Corporation Spring Programs Isaac L. Auerbach. Robert W Bailey. Ph.D .. Charles E. Sporck John Banning. Alan G. Bell. Gregory C.F. Ivan and Marcia Sutherland Patrick J. McGovern Calendar Bettice. Alfred M. Bertocchi. Allen H. Brady. Del Thorndike and Steve Teicher CW Communications. Inc. Daniel S. Bricklin. Fred and Nancy Brooks. Erwin Tomash David A. Brown. Gordon S. Brown. Lawrence Stephen L. Watson James L. McKenney C. Brown. Marshall D. Butler. Charles T. and Harvey W. Wiggins. Jr. Harvard Business School Virginia G. Casale. Donald Christiansen. William Wolfson George Michael Photo Credits: Wesley A. Clark. Richard J. Clayton. George Lawrence Livermore Laboratories Towne Clifford. Howard E. Cox. Jr .. Henry 1984 CORPORATE MEMBERS Lou Goodman; pps. 5. 11 J. Crouse. David N. Cutler. Joe Cychosz. Dr. Arthur P. Molella Jerry Rabinowitz; pps. I. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10. 12 Gerald Davis and Francoise Szigetti. Clive BENEFACTOR-SIO .Ooo The National Museum of B. Dawson. F. de Bros. Bruce A. and Frances CBS; p. 6 Apollo Computer, Inc~ American History. M. Delagi. Jack Dennis. Nick de Wolf. L. John BankAmerica Foundation" Doerr. James R. Donaldson. Philip H. Dorn. Smithsonian Institution Bank of Boston Gregory L. Duckworth. Ray Duncan. Thomas Control Data Corporation * Kenneth H. Olsen Eggers. Dan L. Eisner. Bob O. Evans. Robert Data General Corporation' A. Farmer, Andrew D. Feit. Tse-yun Feng, Digital Equipment Corporation Digital Equipment Corporation' Sidney Fernbach. Mark S. Fineman. Philip Hewlett-Packard Foundation Brian Randell E. Fox. J. Thomas Franklin, Robert Friedman, International Data Group' University of Newcastle upon Tyne Alan E. Frisbie. Lorrin Gale. Regina H. Garb. International Business Machines. Inc. Jean E. Sammet Donald H. George. Arthur W Gottmann. The MITRE Corporation' Roger S. Gourd. John Griffith. Dr. Roberto Systems Development Foundation" International Business Machines Guatelli. Karl M. Guttag. Jerrier A. Haddad. The Travelers Companies William R. Hambrecht. Richard M. Haskins. Edward A. Schwartz T. Digital Equipment Corporation Rohert P. and Carol Henderson. Andreas PATRON-S3.0oo Herberger, Robert B. Hoffman, M. Ernest Kitty Selfridge Huber. Charles W Johnson. Charles Addison-Wesley A. Jortberg. David W. Juers, Lawrence J. AFIPS. Inc. Henco Software. Inc. Kilgallen. Daniel Klien. Dr. Robert B. Kolstad. Analogic Corporation Erwin Tomash Marian J. Kowalski. Stanley Kugell. Raymond British Computer SOCiety Dataproducts Kurzweil. John Levine, Michael Levitt. Burroughs Corporation Joyce Currie Little, Carl Machover. Julius L. Commodore Business Machines. Inc. Dr. An Wang Marcus, Richard O. Mason. Joe W. Matthews, Coopers & Lybrand Wang Laboratories. Inc. Tron McConnell. F. Warren McFarlan. Jim Datapoint Corporation McIntosh. R. W Meister. Robert C. Miller. DECUS' Richard G. Mills. Thomas H. Moog. Draper Laboratories' EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Dan Murray. Dr. and Mrs. Issac R. Nassi. Expoconsul International DaVId Danaldson. ChOlrman. Gwen Bell. Stewart Nelson. Joseph Nestor, Joseph M. Gaston Snow & Ely Bartlett' Theodore G. Johnson, NIcholas Pettmella. Newcomer. Chuck Newman. James N. O·Boyle. GTE Data Services. Inc. Jonathan Rotenberg. KItty SelfrIdge. Ronald Jr .. Anthony G. Oettinger. Lawrence and IEEE Computer Society Smart, OlIver Stnmpel Paula Oliva. James v. and Martha M. Patton. INTERLAN. Inc. Nicholas A. Pettinella. Linda J. Phillips. Paul Intel Corporation R. Pierce. James A. Pitts. Trevor J. Porter. ITT Corporation STAFF Kenneth F. Powell. Robert E. Ramsdell. Arthur D. Little. Inc. Dr. Gwen Bell. Director Audrey R. Reith. Rex Rice, J. E. Richardson. Major Computer Incorporated William D. Ricker. Mark L. Robinson. David MASSCOMP Dr. Oliver Strimpel. Rodgers, Ann and Robert Roe-Hafer. Peter McGraw-Hill . Inc. Associate Director and Curator R. Rony. Jack Roseman. Jonathan Rotenberg. National Semiconductor Corporation Beth Parkhurst. Research Fellow; Andrew Martin S. Roth. Thomas S. Roy. n. Peter R. NEe Corporation KrIstoffy, Gregory Welch. ExhIbIt Developers; Samson. Edward A. Schwartz. James F. SHARE. Inc. Katherme Schwartz, Operohons Manager; Shaughnessy. Jr .. Richard B. Sims. John R. Software Results Corporation BIll Wlsheart. RegIstrar; Robert Carr. Kurt Spencer. John T. Stapleton. Max r. Steinmann. Stratus Computer, Inc. LeVitan. Floor Managers; MaJIe Zeller, Howard Sussman. Michael G. Tomasic. Symbolics. Inc. Commumcatlons and Programs G. Michael Uhler. Allan L. Wallack. J. T. Systems Concepts Coordmator. Tobin Food Services West. W S. West. Herbert E. Willman. Jr .. Michael Oleksiw. Development Director Andrew Wilson 3Com Corporation· Venture Founders Corporation Jana Buchholz. Membership Coordmator; Wang Laboratories. Inc. Anne Jenckes, Development Assistant. INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS Xerox Eva Radding. Business Manager TO CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Lea Cohen. Store Manager; Steve Klinke. s CONTRIBUTOR-SI.Ooo ASSistant Store Manager; DebbIe Goudrau. ;::s - 4K or more Q) Analog Devices. Inc. BUSiness OffIce ASSistant; Sharon Kelly, Ul Harlan E. and Lois Anderson American Management Systems' Functions Coordinator; Eileen LeaVitt. ;::s Charles and Constance Bachman Computer Science Press ReceptionIst. C. Gordon Bell Ford Motor Company' ::E RossmGreenbergSeromck&HIll, Alfred M. Bertocchi General Systems Group. I nc~ Erich and Renee Bloch Houghton Mif flin Company' AdvertiSing Consultants Henry Burkhardt JII International Computer Ltd~ Germam·Lawrence-DRK. Inc .. R. Steve Cheheyl Meditech' Pubhc Relations Advisors Robert C. and Eleanor W. Chinn Microsoft" Robert G. Claussen New York Air" Nolan. Nortan & Company. Inc: William Congleton 300 Congress Street Alex d'Arbeloff Regis McKenna. Inc~ The David Donaldson ZBR Publications. Inc. Computer Boston Arnaud de Vitry Museum Massachusetts Douglas Drane 'Also Contributed to the Capital Campaign 02210 The Director's Letter It's great to be open again! About 1500 people came to the opening on November 13th, including 100 from outside of Boston. Masateru Takagi, Vice President of NEC in Japan, traveled the longest distance to represent Dr. Kobayashi at this historic event. The formal "ribbon cutting" was in keeping with the Museum. "Shag" Graetz, who worked night and day the last week to get the PDP-l up and running, prepared the program that punched the paper tape reading "The Computer Museum Grand Re-Opening 13 November 1984." The students at Minuteman Technical High School then programmed an Apple II to control a robot arm that cut the 1960-era tape. The new exhibitions at the Museum range from vacuum-tube computing to the uses of the new personal com­ puters, professional workstations, and computer networks. Ed Kuge, Gwen Bell, and Masateru Takagi from Tokyo with a souvenir tape. The re-opening and re-birth of The Computer Museum took a long time in the making. Marlboro provided an excellent beta-test site for historic exhib­
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