Remington Rand Univac - Revision history

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 * [https://vipclubmn.org/ VIP Club - Information Technology (IT) Pioneers] - contains a wealth of Univac-related content
 ** [https://vipclubmn.org/Articles/UnivacComputersI'veKnown.pdf Univac Computers I Have Known] - interesting first-person history
 [[Category: Computer Manufacturers]]

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-'''Remington Rand Univac''' (usually referred to simply as '''Univac''') was the name adopted by the [[Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation]], after it had been taken over as a division of [[Remington Rand]]; the name was almost certainly was taken from the well-known [[UNIVAC I]], the first American commercial computer, which had been created by Eckert-Mauchly. After [[Engineering Research Associates]] was acquired by Remington Rand, it too was folded (somewhat turbulently) into the Univac division.
+'''Remington Rand Univac''' (usually referred to simply as '''Univac''') was the name adopted by the [[Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation]], after it had been taken over as a division of [[Remington Rand]], in 1950; the name was almost certainly was taken from the well-known [[UNIVAC I]], the first American commercial computer, which had been created by Eckert-Mauchly. After [[Engineering Research Associates]] was acquired by Remington Rand in 1951, it too was folded (somewhat turbulently) into the Univac division. Only after the merger into [[Sperry Rand]], in 1955, was some rationality introduced.
 ==Further reading==
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 * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/ Univac] - documentation at [[Bitsavers]]
-** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/PX1477_Univac_Products_St_Paul_1947_to_1959_Dec59.pdf Univac Products - St. Paul] - survey of all the Univac products, including those created by ERA
+** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/PX1477_Univac_Products_St_Paul_1947_to_1959_Dec59.pdf Univac Products - St. Paul] - survey of all the Univac products, including those created by ERA <!-- https://vipclubmn.org/Documents/UNIVAC%20Products%20Saint%20Paul%20-%201947%20to%201959.pdf -->
 ** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/AnnotBibliog_1956.pdf Large Scale Digital Computers: An Annotated Bibliography] - a thorough listing of contemporary publications prepared by Remington Rand Univac in 1956
 * [https://vipclubmn.org/ VIP Club - Information Technology (IT) Pioneers] - contains a wealth of Univac-related content

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−	~~#Redirect~~ [[UNIVAC I]]	+	'''Remington Rand Univac''' (usually referred to simply as '''Univac''') was the name adopted by the [[Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation]], after it had been taken over as a division of [[Remington Rand]]; the name was almost certainly was taken from the well-known [[UNIVAC I]], the first American commercial computer, which had been created by Eckert-Mauchly. After [[Engineering Research Associates]] was acquired by Remington Rand, it too was folded (somewhat turbulently) into the Univac division.
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		+	==Further reading==
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		+	* Arthur Lawrence Norberg; ''Computers and Commerce: A Study of Technology and Management at Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company, Engineering Research Associates, and Remington Rand''; MIT Press, Cambridge, 2005
		+	* David E. Lundstrom, ''A Few Good Men from Univac'', MIT Press, July 1987 - excellent work which covers the entire story, from the ERA side
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		+	==External links==
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		+	* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/ Univac] - documentation at [[Bitsavers]]
		+	** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/PX1477_Univac_Products_St_Paul_1947_to_1959_Dec59.pdf Univac Products - St. Paul] - survey of all the Univac products, including those created by ERA
		+	** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/AnnotBibliog_1956.pdf Large Scale Digital Computers: An Annotated Bibliography] - a thorough listing of contemporary publications prepared by Remington Rand Univac in 1956
		+	* [https://vipclubmn.org/ VIP Club - Information Technology (IT) Pioneers] - contains a wealth of Univac-related content
		+	** [https://vipclubmn.org/Articles/UnivacComputersI'veKnown.pdf Univac Computers I Have Known] - interesting first-person history
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		+	[[Category: Computer Manufacturers]]

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