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<b>[[Harold Borko]]</b>; <b>[[Carlos Albert Cuadra|Carlos A. Cuadra]]</b>; <b>[[James Louis Dolby|James L. Dolby]]</b>; <b>[[Laure B. Doyle|Lauren Doyle]]</b>; <b>[[Herbert Marvin Ohlman|Herbert M. Ohlman]]</b> | |||
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SDC grew out of the Rand Corp.'s System Research Laboratory (a USAF think-tank) and an | SDC grew out of the Rand Corp.'s System Research Laboratory (a USAF think-tank) and an <b>MIT</b> Lincoln Labs project - SAGE(Semi-Automatic Ground Environment), an air defense system. SAGE was the "first computer-based, real-time, online, manmachine system;" and "it revolutionized the information industry by spanning the prehistoric computer era of serial batch processing and the modern world of interactive systems;" (<i>The System Builders</i>, p.20) | ||
<p> The "convergence of the two projects came when the Rand Corporation agreed to provide the software programming for SAGE in 1955; Starting with only five Rand programmers, the SAGE project and staff grew quickly and soon totaled more people than the RAND Corporation itself; 1955 - project became the independent System Development Division; 1956 - it's role, size and future prospects as a systems designer conflicted with Rand's charter as a researcher for the USAF; 1956 - new, non-profit corp. formed - SDC; 1981 - became an independent Burroughs Corporation subsidiary. | <p> The "convergence of the two projects came when the Rand Corporation agreed to provide the software programming for SAGE in 1955; Starting with only five Rand programmers, the SAGE project and staff grew quickly and soon totaled more people than the RAND Corporation itself; 1955 - project became the independent System Development Division; 1956 - it's role, size and future prospects as a systems designer conflicted with Rand's charter as a researcher for the USAF; 1956 - new, non-profit corp. formed - SDC; 1981 - became an independent Burroughs Corporation subsidiary. | ||
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Revision as of 16:11, 6 September 2023
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ORGANIZATION: |
System Development Corporation |
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ACTIVE DATES: |
1956- |
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ADDRESS: |
Santa Monica, CA |
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PERSONS INVOLVED: |
Harold Borko; Carlos A. Cuadra; James L. Dolby; Lauren Doyle; Herbert M. Ohlman |
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SDC grew out of the Rand Corp.'s System Research Laboratory (a USAF think-tank) and an MIT Lincoln Labs project - SAGE(Semi-Automatic Ground Environment), an air defense system. SAGE was the "first computer-based, real-time, online, manmachine system;" and "it revolutionized the information industry by spanning the prehistoric computer era of serial batch processing and the modern world of interactive systems;" (The System Builders, p.20) The "convergence of the two projects came when the Rand Corporation agreed to provide the software programming for SAGE in 1955; Starting with only five Rand programmers, the SAGE project and staff grew quickly and soon totaled more people than the RAND Corporation itself; 1955 - project became the independent System Development Division; 1956 - it's role, size and future prospects as a systems designer conflicted with Rand's charter as a researcher for the USAF; 1956 - new, non-profit corp. formed - SDC; 1981 - became an independent Burroughs Corporation subsidiary. |
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PAPERS AT: |
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Babbage Institute |
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PAPERS DATES: |
1946 - 1982 |
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SIZE: |
23 cubic feet |
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Contains the records of the SDC, including a history file with information about the RAND Corporation, the System Development Division, and the SDC; Also contains correspondence, meetings and minutes, symposiums and presentations, poduct literature, technical iterature, reports, and a subject file; unpublished inventory available from the repository; Forms part of the Burroughs Corporations Records. |
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RLIN |
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PAPERS AT: |
Stanford University, Department of Special Collections. |
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PAPERS DATES: |
1957 - 1993 |
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SIZE: |
170 linear feet |
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Found in the System Development Foundation records; SDF was created in 1969 as a non-profit funding organization during the transition of the SDC to for-profit status; contains research files and project reports, which are arranged by grant number; there is an index at the end of the guide arranged by recipient, institution, and subject of project. |
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RLIN |