Computer Control Corporation - Revision history

Jnc: * External links * +Apollo Mission Simulators & Computer Control Company’s DDP-224

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* External links * +Apollo Mission Simulators & Computer Control Company’s DDP-224

Jnc: Move Series 16 stuff to new Series 16 page

2025-07-20T23:25:28Z

Move Series 16 stuff to new Series 16 page

Larsbrinkhoff: /* External links */ Theo Engel's DDPx16 pages.

2025-07-09T08:23:11Z

‎External links: Theo Engel's DDPx16 pages.

Larsbrinkhoff: Explain CCC, 3C, and DDP. Add category.

2025-07-09T08:13:34Z

Explain CCC, 3C, and DDP. Add category.

Jnc: Name under Honeywell; a captions to external links; +cat

2025-07-07T12:50:46Z

Name under Honeywell; a captions to external links; +cat

Larsbrinkhoff: Resolve dead links and make a place for Series 16 information.

2025-07-07T06:56:15Z

Resolve dead links and make a place for Series 16 information.

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'''Computer Control Corporation''' made the DDP-116 which was first in a family of 16-bit minicomputers. When Honeywell bought the company, the family was called '''Series 16'''.

The [[Honeywell]] 516 and 316 were used as [[Interface Message Processor]]s in the [[ARPANET]].

The [[Prime Computer|Prime]] 200 was a clone of the DDP-516.

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==External links==

* http://www.series16.adrianwise.co.uk/
* http://www.ddp116.org/products.html
* https://t-lcarchive.org/honeywell-ddp-116/
* https://bitsavers.org/pdf/computerControlCompany/

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 '''Computer Control Corporation''' (often referred to as '''CCC''' or '''3C''' for short) was a company which made [[minicomputer]]s, the 'DDP' families. (DDP means 'digital data processor'.) They included the first 16-bit [[minicomputer]], of the [[Series 16]] family.
-CCC was formed in Massachusetts in 1953 by a group of ex-[[Raytheon]] engineers. They were involved in several US government projects in the military and space fields, as well as working in the commercial process control area. In 1959, Ben Kessel became president of CCC, and moved it to Framingham. He was an engineer who had been educated at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], and then worked for Raytheon, and at what later became NASA.
+CCC was formed in Massachusetts in 1952 by a group of ex-[[Raytheon]] engineers. They were involved in several US government projects in the military and space fields, as well as working in the commercial process control area. In 1959, Ben Kessel became president of CCC, and moved it to Framingham. He was an engineer who had been educated at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], and then worked for Raytheon, and at what later became NASA.
 [[Honeywell]] bought the company in 1966, and it was renamed to Honeywell's 'Computer Control Division'; they remained a separate division until 1970. At that point, Honeywell bought [[General Electric]]'s computer business, and decided to concentrate on large [[time-sharing]] computers.
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 * Gardner Hendrie [https://tcm.computerhistory.org/reports/TCMReportSpring1986.pdf ''A Personal Odyssey: From the First 16·bit Mini to Fault Tolerant Computers''], in [[Computer History Museum|Computer Museum ]] Report, Vol. 15, Spring 1986
 * Robert C. Baron, ''What Was It Like Orville? Some Observations on the Early Space Program'', Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, 2002 - focuses on CCC's work with NASA, but also covers the company and their computers
-* Robert L. Massard, ''Digital Pioneering: Raytheon's RAYDAC Computer 1948-1957 and Computer Control Company 1953-1966'', self-published, 2007 - basically a scrap-book of relevant documents from other sources
+* Robert L. Massard, ''Digital Pioneering: Raytheon's RAYDAC Computer 1948-1957 and Computer Control Company 1953-1966'', self-published, Wellesley Hills, 2007 - basically a scrap-book of relevant documents from other sources
 ==External links==
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 * [http://www.ddp116.org/ The 3C Legacy Project]
 ** [http://www.ddp116.org/products.html 3C Products and Services] - many brochures
 * Oral histories of several founders of CCC
 ** [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102658034/ Robert Brooks]

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-'''Computer Control Corporation'''—CCC or 3C for short—made the DDP-116 which was first in a family of 16-bit [[minicomputer]]s.  When [[Honeywell]] bought the company in 1966, it was renamed to Honeywell's 'Computer Control Division'; the family was called '''Series 16'''.  DDP means digital data processor.
+'''Computer Control Corporation''' (often referred to as '''CCC''' or '''3C''' for short) was a company which made [[minicomputer]]s, the 'DDP' families. (DDP means 'digital data processor'.) They included the first 16-bit [[minicomputer]], of the [[Series 16]] family.
-The Honeywell 516 and 316 were used as [[Interface Message Processor]]s in the [[ARPANET]].
+CCC was formed in Massachusetts in 1953 by a group of ex-[[Raytheon]] engineers. They were involved in several US government projects in the military and space fields, as well as working in the commercial process control area. In 1959, Ben Kessel became president of CCC, and moved it to Framingham. He was an engineer who had been educated at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], and then worked for Raytheon, and at what later became NASA.
-The [[Prime Computer|Prime]] 200 was a clone of the DDP-516.
+[[Honeywell]] bought the company in 1966, and it was renamed to Honeywell's 'Computer Control Division'; they remained a separate division until 1970. At that point, Honeywell bought [[General Electric]]'s computer business, and decided to concentrate on large [[time-sharing]] computers.
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+==Further reading==
 ==External links==
 * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/computerControlCompany/ ComputerControlCompany] - documentation at [[Bitsavers]] (extensive)
 * [http://www.ddp116.org/ The 3C Legacy Project]
-* [http://www.series16.adrianwise.co.uk/ Honeywell Series 16] - fairly complete documentation archive, along with much else
+** [http://www.ddp116.org/products.html 3C Products and Services] - many brochures
-* [https://t-lcarchive.org/honeywell-ddp-116/ Honeywell DDP-116]
+* Oral histories of several founders of CCC
-* [https://www.theoengel.nl/ddpx16/ Theo Engel's DDPx16 pages]
+** [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102658034/ Robert Brooks]
 [[Category: Computer Manufacturers]]

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 * [http://www.series16.adrianwise.co.uk/ Honeywell Series 16] - fairly complete documentation archive, along with much else
 * [https://t-lcarchive.org/honeywell-ddp-116/ Honeywell DDP-116]
 [[Category: Computer Manufacturers]]
 [[Category: 16-bit Computers]]

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-'''Computer Control Corporation''' made the DDP-116 which was first in a family of 16-bit [[minicomputer]]s.  When [[Honeywell]] bought the company in 1966, it was renamed to Honeywell's 'Computer Control Division'; the family was called '''Series 16'''.
+'''Computer Control Corporation'''—CCC or 3C for short—made the DDP-116 which was first in a family of 16-bit [[minicomputer]]s.  When [[Honeywell]] bought the company in 1966, it was renamed to Honeywell's 'Computer Control Division'; the family was called '''Series 16'''.  DDP means digital data processor.
 The Honeywell 516 and 316 were used as [[Interface Message Processor]]s in the [[ARPANET]].
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 [[Category: Computer Manufacturers]]