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THE COMPUTER MUSEUM REPORT VOLUME 14 FALLIWINTER 1985 ItIUU/J/1Jjj Board of Directors Corporate Members Core Members Contributing Members John William Poduska. Sr. Benefactor- SlO.OOO or more Harlan E. and Lois Anderson Kenneth R. Adcock. J.D. Addelston. Chairman Charles and Constance Bachman Lawrence Adrian. Timothy Anderson. Apollo Computer Corporation American Express Foundation C. Gordon Bell Isaac Auerbach. Richard G . Bahr. John American Federation of Information Erich and Renee Bloch Banning. Art & Betty Bardige. Steve F. Gwen Bell. President Processing Societies' Henry Burkhardt III Barneby. John C. Barstow. G.C. Beldon. The Computer Museum American Telephone & Telegraph Co.' R. Steve Cheheyl Jr .. James Bell. Allred M. Bertocchi. Dr. Apollo Computer. Inc: Robert C. and Eleanor W. Chinn John H. Blankenship. Daniel S. Bricklin. Erich Bloch Bank of America' National Science Foundation Robert G . Claussen Philip D. Brooke. Fred and Nancy Bank of Boston William Congleton Brooks. D.F. Brown. Gordon S. Brown. David Donaldson The Boston Globe' Alex d 'Arbeloff Lawrence G. Brown. Roger M. Buoy. Ropes and Gray ComputerLand' Arnaud de Vitry James Burley. James Burnett. Maria L. Control Data Corporation' Sydney Fernbach David Donaldson Carr. Charles and Virginia Casale. Data General Corporation' Douglas Drane George Chamberlain. Donald Computer Consultant Digital Equipment Corporation' Robert Everett Christiansen. Richard J. Clayton. C. Lester Hogan Hewlett-Packard Kenneth G. Fisher James F. Cody. Richard Corben.Howard Fairchild Camera and Instrument Honeywell Information Systems Jay W. Forrester E. Cox. Jr .. Michael Cronin. Henry J. International Data Group' Corporation Gardner Hendrie Crouse. Daniel Crowley. David N. International Business Machines. Inc. Winston R. Hindle. Jr. Cutler. Nick De Wolf. Peter De Wolf. Sir Arthur Humphreys NEC Corporation ' Peter Hirschberg Quentin De Wolf. James B. Deaderick. ICL The MITRE Corporation' Theodore G . and Ruth T. Johnson Lucien and Catherine Dimino. Mr. The Travelers Companies Theodore G. Johnson John Allen Jones Ditargiani. Philip H. Dorn. Theodora Wang Laboratories. Inc. ' Mitchell Kapor Drapos. Ray Duncan. Joseph J. Eachus. Mitchell Kapor Allan Kent Fred Ebeling. Dr. Richard Eckhouse. Lotus Development Corporation Patron-S3.000 Jack S. Kilby Tom Eggers. Dan L. Eisner. Lucian August Klein Adage. Inc. August Klein Endicott. Bob O. Evans. Robert A. Masscomp Addison-Wesley Andrew C. Knowles. III Farmer. Andrew D. Feit. Read T. Bitstream David J.A. Koogler Fleming. J. Thomas Franklin. Clark Dr. Koji Kobayashi Boris Color Lab. Inc.' Edward and Debbie Kramer Frazier. Alan E. Frisbie. Edward A. NEC Corporation Burroughs Corporation John W. and Edna W. Lacey FeustaL Lorrin Gale. Kevin A. Galvin. John Lacey Coopers & Lybrand Ralph and Linda Linsalata Branko J. Gerovac. David Goodman. Control Data Corporation Datapoint Corporation John Norris Maguire William Graustein. John Griffith. DECUS' Richard D. Mallery Stephen Gross. Dr. Roberto Guatelli. Robert Lucky Draper Laboratories' Thomas Marill Jerrier A. Haddad. Michael P. Halter. AT&T Bell Laboratories Gaston Snow & Ely Bartlett' Daniel D. McCracken William R. Hambrecht. J. Scott General Computer Co. James L. McKenney Hamilton. Sheryl Handler. Walter and Patrick McGovern Thomas and Elizabeth McWilliams Catherine Hawkins. Frank E. Heart. CW Communications Inc. The Honeywell Foundation Index Systems' Carver Mead William Helm. Jr .. Robert and Carol James L. McKenney Intel Corporation Robert M. Metcalle Henderson. Margaret Herrick. Robert B. Harvard Business School Arthur D. Little. Inc. Robert M. Morrill Hoffman. Thomas L. Hohmann. Major Computer. Inc. David and Pat Nelson Nancy S. Horie. M. Ernest Huber. Bill Carver Mead MASSCOMP Robert Noyce Hunzeker. Michael Jerabek. Charles A. California Institute of Technology McGraw-HilL Inc. Kenneth Olsen Jortberg. Richard M. Karoff. Lawrence William Millard Regis McKenna. Inc: Stanley C . Olsen J. Kilgallen. Martin Kirkpatrick. Bryan Computerland Corporation Ropes & Gray John L. Payne S. Kocher. Alan Kotok. Stanley KugelL Microsource Financial Edward G . Perkins Theodore Kuklinski. Raymond Arthur P. Molella United Technology Mostek John William Poduska KurzweiL Robert Laman. Glen C. The National Museum of Nolan. Norton & Company. Inc. ' Robert M. Price Langdon. Jr .. Andrew Lavien. John R. American History. Prime Computer Corporation Fontaine K. Richardson Levine. Michael Levitt. John V. Levy. Smithsonian Institution The Prudential Insurance Company Douglas Ross Steven B. Lipner. Carl D. Lowenstein. Jean E. Sammet John Lowry. Arthur Luehrmann. Carl Brian Randell SHARE. Inc. Software Results Corporation' Paul and Catherine Severino Machover. Julius L. Marcus. Andrew H. University of Newcastle upon Tyne Stratus Computer. Inc.' Alan F. Shugart Mason. Joe W. Matthews. Robert Jonathan Rotenberg Symbolics. Inc. Richard L. Sites Mayer. Jr .. Richard McCluskey. Tron The Boston Computer Society 3Com Corporation' Ronald G . Smart McConnell. F. Warren McFarlan. Jim lulslrl group Charles E. Sporck McIntosh. Robert W. McKnight. Todd Jean E. Sammet Venture Founders Corporation Ivan and Maria Sutherland Medlock. R.W. Meister. Bernard G. International Business Machines Del Thorndike and Steve Teicher Mills. Charles Minter. Allen Moulton. Edward A. Schwartz Contributor-S1.000 Erwin Tomash Dr. J. Craig Mudge. Carol E. Muratore. Jean De Val pine Dr. and Mrs. Isaac R. Nassi. Cynthia L. Digital Equipment Corpora tion Analog Devices. Inc. Charles P. Waite Nelson. Stewart Nelson. Joseph Nestor. An Wang American Management Systems' Stephen L. Watson Joseph M. Newcomer. Chuck Newman. Wang Laboratories. Inc. Arthur Andersen. Inc. Harvey W. Wiggins. Jr. Tim K. Nguyen. Bernard J. Nordmann. Autographix William Wollson James N. O·Boyle. Jr .. Anthony G . Maurice Wilkes Bolt Beranek & Newman Oettinger. Lawrence & Pauline Oliva. Digital Equipment Corporation Citicorp (USA). Inc. John E. Parker. Kenneth D. Patterson. Cullinet Software. Inc. James and Martha Patton. Nicholas and Trustees Dane. Falb. Stone & Co. Nancy Pettinella. James H. Philip. E.J. DuPont DeNemours & Co. Linda J. Phillips. Paul R. Pierce. Juan A. Charles Bachman. C . Gordon Bell. Foley Hoag & Elliot Pineda. James A. Pitts. Andrew Plescia. Harvey D. Cragon. Robert Everett. Ford Motor Company' J. Eric Pollack. James N. Porter. Robert Andrew Knowles. George MichaeL General Systems Group. Inc.' C. Probasco. C . Mike Riggle. David Robert Noyce. Kenneth Olsen. Germain Lawrence DRK Rodgers. Ann and Robert Roe·Hafer. Kitty Sellridge. Michael Spock. Gould. Inc. David C . Roh. Peter R. Rony. David Erwin Tomash. Paul Tsongas Greylock Rose. Paul Rosenaum. Jonathan GTE Data Service. Inc. Rotenberg. Martin S. Roth. Thomas S. Executive Committee GTE Laboratories. Inc. Roy. II. Eugene Rudolphe. Michael J. Houghton Mifflin Company' Samek. Peter L. Samson. F. Grant David Donaldson. Chairman. Gwen Hyams Trust Saviers. Edward A. Schwartz. Andrew Bell. Theodore Johnson. August Klein. International Computer Ltd.' Scott. Oliver and Kitty Selfridge. W. Lee Nicholas Pettinella. Jonathan Investment Orange Nassau. Inc. SheveL John J. Shields. III. Diane J. Rotenberg. Ronald Smart. Oliver LTX Corporation Skiba. Ph.D .. Allen G . Sneider. Stuart Strimpel. Michael Templeton Manufacturers Hanover Trust Solomon. John R. Spencer. John Stark. Meditech' Max J. Steinmann. William M. SteuL Mentor Graphics J. Michael Storie. Charles A. Stott. MICOM·Interlan. Inc. David Tarabar. John V. Terrey. William Micro Control Systems R. Thompson. Warren G . Tisdale. Microsoft' Michael G . Tomasic. Sherry Turkle. G. New York Air' Michael Uhler. Noah E. VanDenburgh. PC Magazine Thomas Vaughn. Christian Walker. Peat. Marwick & Mitchell Allan L. Wallack. Joseph B. Walters. Jr .. PelL Rudman. Inc. Thomas E. Welmers. John D. Wick. Pencept. Inc. Hugh M. Wilkinson. III. Kevin Polese-Clancy. Inc. Willoughby. Andrew Wilson. Richard T. Standard Oil Corporation Witek. T.J. Wojcik. Jr .. D.L. Wyse. Jeffrey Teradyne N. Zack XRE Corporation ZBR Publications. Inc. ' Also contributed to the The 300 Congress Street Capital Campaign Computer Boston Museum Massachusetts 02210 Contents The President's Letter The President's Letter Dr. Gwen Bell 3 The Evolution of "C&C" "Museums in the modern world exist, we are told, to fulfill a fourfold A Japanese Aspect function: to collect, conserve, exhibit and elucidate. There is rarely any Dr. Koji Kobayashi mention of the balance between them, and the stress is always on the first, 7 irrespective of whether the other three can be fulfilled in terms of resouces. The Collection Collect or die . What we should be doing instead is assessing our collec­ 16 tions, refining some (dare I mention disposal, embodied in that emotive word Blue Room Blues 'de-accessioning'?), closing others, and, even more important, putting what we have got into good order." Sir Roy Strong Director, Victoria & Albert Museum The Listener 25 July 1985 Collecting was the original goal of the Museum, and is our sine qua non. But as our collections increase, selection, conservation, and elucidation become more and more important. This issue of the Report lists the artifacts acquired in the last year and provides a time to assess our holdings. The table on page 2 enumerates the Museum's computer-era artifact and film collections characterized by the levels of integration from the manufacturing base through applications and even including ephemera. The heart of the collection is in the middle: computer subassemblies and computers
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