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Studebaker Clubhouse at Bendix Woods County Park
BENDIX WOODS, THE FIRST CAR SIGN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY PARK SALUTES LOCAL AVIATION: THE TREES THAT SPELL In 1966, the Bendix Corporation STUDEBAKER donated 175 acres of land and the Stu- debaker Clubhouse to the St. Joseph County Parks and Recreation Board. This In 1938 the Civilian Conservation donation resulted in St. Joseph County’s Corps (CCC) planted the pine trees first county park. The clubhouse is used as that spell STUDEBAKER. The design Studebaker park offices and a nature center and over was conceived by two Studebaker four miles of trails have been constructed engineers Michaek de Blumenthal and Clubhouse through woods and fields and around Mel S. Niemier. The idea behind the ponds. sign was that it would serve as a salute at to the growing aviation industry in the Bendix Woods Large- area. flowered County Park trillium at It took a month and a half to plant Bendix 8,259 6–inch seedlings. Woods Each letter is composed of two rows of County white pine forming the border and three Park. inner rows of red pine. Since it was first built in 1926, the Studebaker Clubhouse has gone In 1969 approximately 20 acres of land The living sign spans a distance of one- was sold to the County Parks and the park half mile. through many changes, from living increased to its current size of 195 acres. Each letter is 200 feet in width and quarters for Studebaker employees, to Within Bendix Woods is a 26-acre state 250 feet in length. army barracks, to a private residence dedicated nature preserve. -
From the Very Beginning...From My Vantage Point
From the Very Beginning … from My Vantage Point By Dick Orenstein Written: January 14, 2005; updated April 14, 2016 CHM Reference number: R0362.2016 From the Very Beginning … from My Vantage Point By Dick Orenstein I was, and perhaps still am a computer programmer. My first job out of college (1962) was on the research staff at MIT’s Computation Center working on the Compatible Time Sharing System under Fernando Corbató. We were developing a time-sharing system on IBM 7000 series computers. It was here that I had my first exposure to email (“You’ve got mail” was a phase used then, albeit our user community was about 20 users), typewriter terminals, communications over telephone lines, storage backup (my project) and myriad other computer operating system technical issues. By 1966 I was working at Adams Associates (a precursor of Keydata Corp.) as a programmer assigned to a graphics project at Lincoln Laboratories. Later, my assignment was to develop and write a “line-by-line Fortran interpreter.” This must have been something that Keydata would have liked, as that company was commencing an on-line service whose specificity escapes me now. Along the way, my management called in Digitek Corporation, known for writing FORTRAN compilers or interpreters. The idea was to see what they had to offer versus our writing it from scratch. Bob Bernard, from Digitek, came and made a presentation. For whatever reasons, we “connected.” A short time thereafter Bob called me and asked if I was interested in coming to work with him at Digitek. I believe I came to Connecticut for an interview, however, I told Bob that I would not accept any offer since I was just 25 years old, had a 2A draft exemption from working at Adams Associates, and would consider something after I turned 26, the age at which I would be much less likely to be drafted. -
SDS 940 THEORY of OPERATION Technical Manual SDS 98 01 26A
SDS 940 THEORY OF OPERATION Technical Manual SDS 98 01 26A March 1967 SCIENTIFIC DATA SYSTEMS/1649 Seventeenth Street/Santa Monica, California/UP 1-0960 ® 1967 Scientific Data Systems, Inc. Printed in U. S. A. TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page I GENERAL DESCRIPTION ...•.••.•••••.••.••.•..•.••••• 1-1 1.1 General ................................... 1-1 1.2 Documentation .•...•..•.••..•••••••.•.••.••••• 1-1 1 .3 Physical Description ..•...•.••••.••..••••..••••. 1-2 1.4 Featu re s • . • . • • • • . • • • • • . • • . • . • . • • . • • • 1-2 1 .5 Input/Output Capabi I ity •.•....•.•.......•.....•.. 1-2 1 .5. 1 Parallel Input/Output System .•...•.....••..•. 1-6 1.5.1.1 Word Parallel System ...........•.. 1-6 1.5.1.2 Single-Bit Control and Sense System .... 1-8 1 .5.2 Time-Multiplexed Communication Channels .....•. 1-8 1 .5.3 Direct Memory Access System ............... 1-9 1.5.3.1 Direct Access Communication Channels •. 1-9 1.5.3.2 Data Multiplexing System ...•.....•. 1-10 1 .5.4 Priority Interrupt System . • . 1-10 1.5.4.1 Externa I Interrupt •..........•.... 1-11 1.5.4.2 Input/Output Channe I ..•..•.•••••. 1-12 1.5.4.3 Real-Time Clock •••.••.••••••••• 1-12 1 .6 Input/Output Devices •..•..••.••.••.••.•••••..•. 1-12 1 .6. 1 Buffered Input/Output Devices ..••.••.•.•••.•• 1-12 1.6.2 Unbuffered Input/Output Devices ••••..••••..•• 1-14 II OPERATION AND PROGRAMMING •..•••••.••.•..•....••. 2-1 2. 1 General .•..•.......•......•..............•. 2-1 2.2 Chang i ng Operat ion Modes •.•.••.••.•••.•..•..•.•• 2-2 2.3 Modes of Operation •..••.••.••.••..••••..••••••• 2-2 2.3. 1 Normal Mode .••••••••••••••••••••.••••• 2-2 2.3.1.1 Interrupt Rout i ne Return Instru ction .•.•. 2-3 2.3.1.2 Overflow Instructions ...••..•••••• 2-3 2.3.1.3 Mode Change Instruction ....••.•..• 2-3 2.3.1.4 Data Mu Itiplex Channe I Interlace Word •. -
This Report. the Primary Use of Data Processing in These Districts Is Payroll
DI:) CUNCNT RCSUNE ED 031 087 24 EM 007 234 Crest Cities Research Councd Educational Communications Proiect. Final Report. Appendices; Exhibit A, Data Processing in the Creat Cities, March 1967; Exhibit C, Creativity in Urban Education; Exhibit 0, the Central Cities Conference. Crest Cities Program for School Improvement, Chicago, Ilk Spons Agency-Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, D.C. Bureau of Research. Bureau No-BR -7 -0715 Pub Date Feb 69 Contrac t - OEC -3-7-070715 - 3048(010) Note - 410p. Available from- The Research Council of the Great Cities Program for School Improvement, 4433 West Touhy Ave., Chicago, III. 60646 EDRS Price MF -S1.75 HC-S20.60 Descriptors-Adult Education, Adult Education Programs, Art Education, Audiovisual Instruction, Community Planivng, Compensatory Education, *Data Processing, Health Education, Humanities Instruction, *Instructional Materials, Instructional Media, *Instructional 'Television, Intercultural Programs, Multisensory Learning, Music EducatioN Parent EducatmiN Public School Adult Education, Reading Instruction, *School Community Programs, Teclvvcal Educatice Urban Education Surveys of the data processing systems and the innovations in instruction and resource materials in 16 school districts in the cities of Baltimore,Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, L.os Angeles, Memphis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, and Washington. D.C., are deta!led in thisreport. The primary use of data processing inthese districtsispayroll processing. The study lists and evaluates the cost and present applicationsof data processing. It recommends a pilot program to promote personnel data systems, pupil data systems, program budgeting with textbook control as a motor sub-system, and kindergarten to twelfth grade curriculum development for computer assisted learning. -
SDS 900 Series, 1962
The SDS 920 is a low cost, general purpose computer designed for sci- entific engineering computation and for systems integration. It has all the speed and operating features found only in much more expensive equipment, including instructions that facilitate floating-point and multi- precision operations. An evaluation of the 920's unequalled perform- ance-per-dollar capabilities can be made by comparing the following characteristics with any presently available digital computer: EXECUTION TIMES: All times include both memory access & indexing Add ........................................ 16 microseconds Mutiply ..................................... 32 microseconds Floating-Point Operations: (24-bit Mantissa plus 9-bit Exponent) Add ....................................292 mic~oseconds Multiply ............................... .248 microseconds (39-bit Mantissa plus 9-bit Exponent) Add ....................................368 microseconds Multiply ............................... .600 micmsecands PROGRAMMING: -- OENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTERS Control Pawl SI3S 4r09 &rim iDS 920 is a low cost, general purpose computer designed for sci- .......: engineering computation and for systems integration. It has all I the speed and operating features found only in much more expensive equipment, including instructions that facilitate floating-point and multi- precision operations. An evaluation of the 920's unequalled perform- per-dollar capabilities can be made by comparing the following 8 cteristics with any presently available digital computer: ' TYPE: Single address with indc g and indirect addressing Binary I Core Memory Solid State ructions for facilitating floating-point ,, iulti-precision opera1 , Parity checking on Input/Output and I sry Operations Prc ~---.dOperator magnetic core 4096 words expandable to 16,- ly addressable 24-bit word and parity Non- r include bot,' mory access & indexing ................ 16 microseconds ...................... 32 microseconds ...................292 micro .................. .248 microseconds bit Exponent ............................... -
Advanced Computer Techniques (ACT)
Report to the Computer History Museum on the Information Technology Corporate Histories Project Professional Services Sector Advanced Computer Techniques (ACT) Company Details Name: Advanced Computer Techniques (ACT) Sector: Professional Services Description Charles Lecht founded ACT in 1962 with a capital investment of $800 and a $100,000 contract from Univac to fix problems in the compiler for its LARC computer. It went public in 1968 and by 1979 had revenues of nearly $16.5 million. Facilitators Luanne Johnson Statistics Contributors (0), Events (3), Stories (0), Documents (2), References (1), Discussions (0 threads, 0 posts) Entered By: Luanne Johnson October 25, 2007 Contributors Contributor Luanne Johnson Date Joined October 25, 2007 Job Description Luanne Johnson is a Co-Chair of the Software Industry Special Interest Group at the Computer History Museum. Statistics Documents (2) , References (1) Date Entered February 22, 2011 Timeline 1962 Milestones ACT is founded by Charles Lecht (1962) Charles Lecht founds Advanced Computer Techniques (ACT) with a capital investment of $800 and a $100,000 contract from Univac to fix problems in the compiler for its LARC computer. Related References The Computer Establishment Report to the Computer History Museum on the Information Technology Corporate Histories Project Professional Services Sector 1968 Milestones ACT goes public (1968) ACT goes public in 1968. Related References The Computer Establishment 1979 Milestones ACT has revenues of nearly $16.5 million (1979) In fiscal 1979, ACT has -
SDS 925 Computer, 1964
SOS 925 com uler r GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS The SDS 925 is a high-speed general purpose digital computer Series computer can be run on the 925 without modification. designed for scientific and engineering computation and for The entire line of field proven 900 Series peripherals-including real-time systems integration. The basic price of the 925 is SDS MAGPAK - can al so be used without modification. And, $81,000, including console, Model 35 Teletype Printer, Time like the SDS 900 Series computers, the 925 uses silicon Multiplexed Communication Channel, and 4095 words of semiconductors exclusively. Advanced SDS logical design memory. techniques result in the use of from two to five times fewer components than conventionally designed equipment. This The SDS 925 is fully compatible with SDS 900 Series com gives the 925 a significant reliability advantage over compar puters. Because of this compatabil ity, a complete set of field able computers. proven software is available, and programs written for any 900 THE SDS 925 HAS THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: • 24-bit word plus a parity bit • 48-bit word for floating point arithmetic • Hardware Index Register; indexing requires no additional time • Basic memory of 4096 words, expandable to 16,384 words, all directly addressable, with: 0.7 p'sec access time 1.75 p'sec cycle time • Extensive shift and register change instructions for data manipulation • Execution times, including all access and indexing: FIXED POINT 3.5 p'sec Add 54.25 p.sec Multiply FLOATING POINT (24-bit fraction, 9-bit exponent) -
Some Sign I Ficant New Applications of Computers
SOME SIGN IFICANT NEW APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTERS Mathematical Models of Air Traffic Control Systems Management and Control By Exception Automated Information Processing Assistance For Military Systems (Part 1 ) NOVEMBER 1961 • VOL. 10 - . NO. 11 ."I•• H( AD "W INFINITUM 8y~ ord t. :l all You can solve your computer problems quickly and economically by using our 32K-word storage IBM 704. the our Whether you need long or short runs, they can be readily scheduled on our machine at the same attractive dat rate for every shift-$275 per hour, including all peripheral equipment and the services of our experienced tod operators - Bring your program to us and work in our Client's Room between runs-or mail us your program "8: 8Yf with instructions for running it and we will mail back the printout within 24 hours - or simply leave your rep entire problem in the hands of our capable mathematical analysts and programmers whose skills can be relied upon _ If you need pipe stress, structural stress, flow analysis, or curve fitting, one of our 2eneral programs might well be just what you are looking for - To take advantage of our prompt, efficient computer NC services, call us collect, New London, Conn., Hilltop 5-4321, Ext. 1449. Wire or write: Electric Boat, Groton, Conn. GENERAL DVNAMIC~,.I ELECTRIC BOAT GI I I D COMPUTERS and AUTOMATION for November, 1961 co ncr, Vest lrp., sing staI, . Y. ally, An am [nc., om- lCOll lrp., ling ,Ito, ich. cir- eIcI, 'A alII, 30S ical ate, 30s star Ol esty rep. -
SEC News Digest, 03-24-1969
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ~~~~ lIDil@J!~~ A brief summary of financial proposals filed with and actions by the S.E.C. ( In ordering full text of Releases from SEC Publications Unit cite number) (Issue No. 69-56) FOR R E LEA SE _-,Ha=c...=c!!.h..,.!!2:=4..........;1~9~6L9 _ SEC AMENDS TEMPORARY RULES RELATING TO TENDER OFFERS. ETC. The SEC today announced the adoption of amendments to its rules under Sections 13(d), 13(e), 14(d) and 14(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Those sections of the Act relate to matters such as the acquisition of equity securities by the issuer thereof or other persons, the invitation of tender offers, and changes in the majority of the directors of a company. The amended rules require the filing of eight copies of all material required to be fUed with the CommiSSion under those sections. Previously the number of copies to be filed was not specified. (Release 34-8556) CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT RECEIVES ORDER. The SEC haa issued a second supplemental order under the Holding Company Act (Release 35-16321) authorizing Central Power and Light Company ("CP&L"), a Corpus Chriati subSidiary of Central and South West Corporation, Wilmington, Del. holding company, to increase the &aOunt of notes it may sell to the parent from $11,000,000 to $20,000,000 to be outstanding at anyone time. CP&L will use the funds to finance temporarily its construction program. HARTFORD FUND RECEIVES ORDER. The SEC haa issued an order under the Investment Company Act (Relea.e IC-5639) exempting Hartford Mutu'll Investment Fund, Inc., Hartford, Conn., from the $100,000 min1mu1llnet worth and certain other provisions of the Act. -
Development of Fire Protective Overgarment For
COP.Y,.Iv REPORT No FAAlRD-77-18 DEVELOPMENT OF A FIRE PROTECTIVE OVERGARMENT FOR USE BY AIR CARRIER FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ' . \ John F. Rayfield I LC INDUSTRIES, INC. Frederica, Delaware . -~- • • FEBRUARY 1977 FINAL REPORT Document is available to the U.S. public through the National Technical Information Service, 'i( Springfield, Virginia 22161. .I . j ' Prepared for U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Systems Research & Development Service Washington, D.C. 20590 N 0 T I C E The United States Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trade or manufacturers' names appear herein solely because they are con sidered essential to the object of this report. This Document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Trans portation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or use thereof. Technical ~eport Documentation Page 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient's Catalog No. FAA-RD-77-18 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date DEVELOPMENT OF A FIRE PROTECTIVE February_ 1977 OVERGARMENT FOR USE BY AIR CARRIER 6. Performing Organization Code FLIGHT ATTENDANTS 8. Performing Organization Report No. 7. Author! s) John F. Rayfield FAA-RD-77-18 9. Performing Organization Nome and Address 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) ILC Industries, Inc. P.O. Box 266 11. Contract or Grant No. OOT-FA75WA-3696 Frederica, DE 19946 13. Type of Report and Period Covered 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address FINAL u. s. Department of Transportation July I 75 Feb. '77 Federal Aviation Administration - Systems Research & Development Service 14. -
Annual Report
-- - - - ---- --- --- . - -· ~ 1 9 7 2 ANNUAL REPORT ......-~ AlA OFFICERS DAVID S. LEWIS, Chairman of the Board PAUL THAYER, Vice Chairman of the Board KARL G. HARR, JR., President SAMUEL L. WRIGHT, Vice President/Sea-ettlTy C. R. LOWRY, Vice President CARLYLE H. JONES, Vice President for Public Affairs GEORGE F. COPSEY, Treasurer EXECUTIVE COMMI'J1'EE DAVID S. LEWIS, General Dynamics Corporation PAUL THAYER, The LTV Corporation R. D. O'NEAL, The Bendix Corporation KARL G. HARR, JR., Aerospace Industries Association ofAmeriCil, Inc. R. J. BOTH, Hercules Incorporated T. G. POWNALL, Martin Marietta CoTporation S. N. McDONNELL, McDOnnell Douglas Corporation T. V. JONES, Northrop Corporation BOARD OF GOVERNORS A. G; HANDSCHUMACHER, President & Board Chairman, Aeronaz, Inc. IJAMES R. DEMPSEY, Vice President & Group Executive, Avco Corporation R. D. O'NEAL, President, Aerospace-Electronics Group, The Bendix Corporation _ ~A . WILSON, Chairman & Chief Executbre Officer, The Boeing Company HARRY H. WETZEL, President, The Garrett Corporation DA VlD S. LEWIS, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, General Dynamics Corporation MARK MORTON, Vice President & Group Executive, Aerospace Group, General Electric Company JAMES E. KNOTT, Vice President & Genera/Manager, Detroit Diesel Allison Division, General Motors Corporation MORRIS B. JOBE, President, GoodyeflT Aerospace Corporation 2E. CLINTON TOWL, Chairman of the BotlTd, Grumman Aerospace Corporation R. I. BOTH, General Manager, Industrial Systems Department, Hercules Incorporated J. W. ANDERSON, Vice President & Group Executive, Aerospace & Defense Group, Honeywell Inc. CONTENTS JOHN B. JACKSON, President, Federal Systems Division, IBM Corporation WILLIAM F. FREIS TAT, Executive Vice President, 2 Message to the Membership Kaiser Aerospace and Electronics Corporation PAUL THAYER, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The LTV 'Corperation 3 Aerospace Operations Service DANIEL J. -
From: George Trimble To: Doug Jerger Date: 6/24/2005 2:59PM Subject: [Response to Request for Preliminary Information About CUC]
From: George Trimble To: Doug Jerger Date: 6/24/2005 2:59PM Subject: [Response to request for preliminary information about CUC] Doug, You are very timely. I finished doing the write up last night and planned on doing a final checkup today. It's attached. [Below] Actually, much of the information in it was taken from Kubie's article "Recollections of the First Software Company", Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 16, No. 2, Summer 1994, pp 66-71…. My tenure with CUC was from 1956 to 1968, so I can attest to things during that period. Besides, I was involved in almost everything that went on. After 1968 I had virtually no contact with CUC. Kubie's article is the best source for what happened from 1969 to 1986. For example, I never met Bennet or Bartolli. Even Kubie's knowledge is sketchy, as he points out. For the 20 most important events I largely picked the establishment of new offices, new divisions (CUE, CTS, etc.), change of officers (Hurd, Bennet, Bartolli) and departure of key people. The FAA work was a major task which led to a large job of programming the IBM S/360, the election prediction on CBS TV, and a book on programming the 360. The second job picked was the Texas Instruments system software job, which was very large, 29 people for design and 120 for implementation. Beyond these very large jobs there were so many unique or first-time jobs that I don't know what to include. Satellite orbit calculations, first boiling water nuclear reactor design, first computer-based paramutal system for race tracks, first commercial general purpose message switching system, it goes on and on.