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The Computer Museum Report THE COMPUTER MUSEUM REPORT VOLUME 13 SUMMER 1985 Board of Directors Corporate Members Core Members Contributing Members John William Poduska. Sr. Benefactor- $lO.aaa or more Harlan E. and Lois Anderson J.D. Addelston. Lawrence Adrian. Chairman Charles and Constance Bachman Kendall Allphin. Timothy Anderson. Apollo Computer Corporation American Telephone & Telegraph Co: C. Gordon Bell Isaac Auerbach. John Banning. John C. Apollo Computer. Inc: Erich and Renee Bloch Barstow. G.C. Beldon. Jr .. Alfred M. Gwen Bell. President Bank of America· Henry Burkhardt III Bertocchi. Dr. John H. Blankenship. The Computer Museum Bank of Boston R. Steve Cheheyl Philip D. Brooke. Fred and Nancy The Boston Globe· Robert C. and Eleanor W. Chinn Brooks. D.F. Brown. Gordon S. Brown. Erich Bloch ComputerLand· National Science Foundation Robert G. Claussen Lawrence G. Brown. Roger M. Buoy. Control Data Corporation· William Congleton Marshall D. Butler. James Burley. James David Donaldson Data General Corporation· Alex d'Arbeloff Burnett. Maria L. Carr. Charles and Ropes and Gray Digital Equipment Corporation· Arnaud de Vitry Virginia Casale. Donald Christiansen. Hewlett-Packard Sydney Fernbach David Donaldson Richard J. Clayton. James F. Cody. Honeywell Information Systems Douglas Drane Richard Corben. Howard E. Cox. Jr.. Computer Consultant International Data Group· Robert Everett Michael Cronin. Henry J. Crouse. David C. Lester Hogan International Business Machines. Inc. Kenneth G. Fisher N. Cutler. Gerald Davis and Francoise Fairchild Camera and Instrument The MITRE Corporation· Jay W. Forrester Szigetti. Nick De Wolf. Peter De Wolf. Corporation Systems Development· Gardner Hendrie Quentin De Wolf. James B. Deaderick. The Travelers Companies Winston R. Hindle. Jr. Lucien and Catherine Dimino. Mr. Sir Arthur Humphreys Wang Laboratories. Inc: Theodore G. and Ruth T. Johnson Ditargiani. Philip H. Darn. Theodora ICL John Allen Jones Drapos. Gregory L. Duckworth. Ray Theodore G. Johnson Patron-$3.aaa Mitchell Kapor Duncan. Joseph J. Eachus. Fred Mitchell Kapor Adage. Inc. Allan Kent Ebeling. Dr. Richard Eckhouse. Tom Addison-Wesley Jack S. Kilby Eggers. Dan L. Eisner. Bob O. Evans. Lotus Development Corporation Bitstream August Klein Robert A. Farmer. Andrew D. Feit. Read August Klein Boris Color Lab. Inc: Andrew C. Knowles. III T. Fleming. J. Thomas Franklin. Clark Masscomp Burroughs Corporation David J.A. Koogler Frazier. Alan E. Frisbie. Edward A. Commodore Business Machines. Inc. Edward and Debbie Kramer Feustal. Corrin Gale. Kevin A. Galvin. Dr. Koji Kobayashi Coopers & Lybrand John W. and Edna W. Lacey Branko J. Gerovac. David Goodman. NEC Corporation Datapoint Corporation Ralph and Linda Linsalata William Graustein. John Griffith. John Lacey DECUS· John Norris Maguire Dr. Roberto Guatelli. Jerrier A. Control Data Corporation Draper Laboratories· Richard D. Mallery Haddad. Michael P. Halter. William Gatson Snow & Ely Bartlett" Thomas Marill R. Hambrecht. J. Scott Hamilton. Robert Lucky General Computer Co. Daniel D. McCracken Sheryl Handler. Walter and Catherine AT&T Bell Laboratories GTE Data Services. Inc. James L. McKenney Hawkins. William Helm. Jr .. Robert and Patrick McGovern The Honeywell Foundation Thomas and Elizabeth McWilliams Carol Henderson. Robert B. Hoffman. CW Communications Inc. IEEE Computer SoCiety Carver Mead Thomas L. Hohmann. Nancy S. Horie. Index Systems· Robert M. Metcalfe M. Ernest Huber. Bill Hunzeker. James L. McKenney INTERLAN. Inc. Robert M. Morrill Cuthbert C. Hurd. Michael Jerabek. Harvard Business School Intel Corporation David and Pat Nelson Charles A. Jortberg. Richard M. Karoff. Carver Mead Arthur D. Little. Inc. Robert Noyce Bryan S. Kocher. Alan Kotok. Stanley Major Computer. Inc. Kenneth Olsen Kugell. Theodore Kuklinski. Raymond California Institute of Technology MASSCOMP Stanley C . Olsen Kurzweil. Robert Laman. Andrew William Millard McGraw-Hill. Inc. John L. Payne Lavien. Glen G. Langdon. Jr .. John R. Computerla nd Corporation Regis McKenna. Inc: Edward G . Perkins Levine. Michael Levitt. John V. Levy. Microsource Financial John William Poduska Steven B. Lipner. John Lowry. Carl Arthur P. Molella Mostek Robert M. Price Machover. Andrew H. Mason. Joe w. The National Museum of National Semiconductor Corporation Fontaine K. Richardson Matthews. Robert Mayer. Jr.. Richard American History. NEC Corporation Douglas Ross McCluskey. Tron McConnell. F. Warren Smithsonian Institution Nolan. Norton & Company. Inc: Jean E. Sammet McFarlan. Jim McIntosh. Robert W. Brian Randell Prime Computer Corporation Paul and Catherine Severino McKnight. Todd Medlock. R.w. Meister. The Prudential Insurance Company Alan F. Shugart Allen Moulton. Dr. J. Craig Mudge. University of Newcastle upon Tyne SHARE. Inc. Richard L. Sites Carol E. Muratore. Dr. and Mrs. Isaac Jonathan Rotenberg Software Results Corporation· Ronald G. Smart R. Nassi. Cynthia L. Nelson. Stewart The Boston Computer Society Stratus Computer. Inc. Charles E. Sporck Nelson. Joseph Nestor. Joseph M. Symbolics. Inc. Ivan and Maria Sutherland Newcomer. Chuck Newman. Tim K. Jean E. Sammet Systems Concepts Del Thorndike and Steve Teicher Nguyen. Bernard J. Nordmann. Bill Internationa l Business Machines 3Com Corporation· Erwin Tomash Noyce. James N. O·Boyle. Jr .. Anthony Edward A. Schwartz Venture Founders Corporation Jean De Val pine G. Oettinger. John E. Parker. Kenneth Digital Equipment Corporation Charles P Waite D. Patterson. James and Martha Patton. Can tributor- $l. 000 Stephen L. Watson Nicholas and Nancy Pettinella. James An Wang Harvey W. Wiggins. Jr. H. Philip. Linda J. Phillips. Paul R. Wang Laboratories. Inc. Analog Devices. Inc. William Wolfson Pierce. Juan A. Pineda. James A. Pitts. American Management Systems· Andrew Plescia. J. Eric Pollack. James Maurice Wilkes Autographix N. Porter. C. Mike Riggle. Ann and Digital Equipment Corporation Bolt Beranek & Newman· Robert Roe·Hafer. David C . Roh. Peter Cullinet Software. Inc. R. Rony. Daniel Rose. David Rose. Trustees Dane. Falb. Stone & Co. Jonathan Rotenberg. Martin S. Roth. E.J. DuPont DeNemours & Co. Thomas S. Roy. II. Eugene Rudolphe. Charles Bachman. C. Gordon Bell. Ford Motor Company· Michael J. Samek. Peter R. Samson. Harvey D. Cragon. Robert Everett. General Systems Group. Inc: F. Grant Saviers. Edward A. Schwartz. Andrew Knowles. George Michael. Gould. Inc. Oliver and Kitty Selfridge. W. Lee Robert Noyce. Kenneth Olsen. Houghton Mifflin Company· Shevel. John J. Shields. III. Diane Kitty Selfridge. Michael Spock. Hyams Trust J. Skiba. Ph.D .. Allen G. Sneider. Stuart Erwin Tomash. Paul Tsongas International Computer Ltd: Solomon. John R. Spencer. John Stark. Investment Orange Nassau. Inc. Max J. Steinmann. William M. Steu!. J. Executive Committee Manufacturers Hanover Trust Michael Storie. Charles A. Stott. Meditech· Howard Sussman. David Tarabar. David Donaldson. Chairman. Gwen Mentor Graphics Warren G. Tisdale. Michael G. Bell. Theodore Johnson. August Klein. Micro Control Systems Tomasic. Sherry Turkle. G. Michael Nicholas Pettinella. Jonathan Microsoft" Uhler. Noah E. VanDenburgh. Christian Rotenberg. Ronald Smart. Oliver New York Air· Walker. Allan L. Wallack. Joseph B. Strimpel. Michael Templeton Pencept. Inc. Walters. Jr .. Thomas E. Welmers. John Standard Oil Corporation D. Wick. Hugh M. Wilkinson. III. Teradyne Andrew Wilson. Richard T. Witek. XRE Corporation Frederic and Robin Withington. n. ZBR Publications. Inc. Wojcik. Jr .. D.L. Wyse. Jeffrey N. Zack •Also contributed to the Capital Campaign The cover photographs are still frames from the following computer animated films (see article on page 4): 1. The adventures of Andre & Wally B.. Lucasfilm Ltd. 2. Snoot and Muttly. Susan Van Baerle and Douglas Kingsbury 3. Carla's Island. Nelson Max 4. Vol Libre. Loren Carpenter Contents The President·s LeHer The President's Letter Dr. Gwen Bell 4 Computer Animation in When I wrote the first letter in the first The Computer Museum Report in May 1982, I the Museum Oliver Strimpel was the President, Treasurer, and Executive Director of the Museum. The whole staff consisted of three other people plus some summer students, and there were about 8 The Story of the 100 members. After a year, the Board of Directors decided that I shouldn't create, COBOL Tombstone write, and sign the checks and Professor James McKenney became Treasurer. 10 Then this year, the Museum had its first assessment on the way to accreditation by Recollections of Memories the Association of American Museums. It became equally clear to me that the role from RCA in the Fifties of President and Executive Director of an ongoing public museum were indeed Jan Rajchman different. There was no way for me to do all that I have been doing as President­ 14 maintaining a close, ongoing relation with the computer industry- and also be a Honeywell Animals Find a New Habitat director of this major museum that is making a significant footprint in the Museum community. 16 Questions About the It is with great pleasure that I introduce Michael Templeton as the new Executive New Exhibits Director. Michael was actually the first museum professional to visit the museum! 17 In the fall of 1980, when he was the Executive Director of the Association of Science Fall 1985 Program Series and Technology Centers, ASTC, he scheduled a meeting at the Museum in Marlboro of their advisory board for the travelling exhibit. Chips and Changes. At the time, he encouraged me to push ahead and develop the Museum. My next visit with Michael was in Portland, Oregon,
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