User contributions for Dóeltenga
A user with 260 edits. Account created on 16 July 2022.
5 June 2024
- 17:0217:02, 5 June 2024 diff hist +346 UNIVAC LARC add mention of decommission date. citation for April 1969. There's datamation article mentioning Livermore turned off in December '68
4 June 2024
- 13:0613:06, 4 June 2024 diff hist +212 User:Dóeltenga/sandbox →History and structure current
- 12:5712:57, 4 June 2024 diff hist +15,281 User:Dóeltenga/sandbox No edit summary
2 June 2024
- 22:1722:17, 2 June 2024 diff hist 0 UNIVAC →History and structure: sentence seem to be in wrong location, moved it to paragraph about Varian acquistion.
31 May 2024
- 22:3622:36, 31 May 2024 diff hist +64 User:Dóeltenga/sandbox →List of Sperry RAND Presidents
- 22:2822:28, 31 May 2024 diff hist +331 User:Dóeltenga/sandbox →List of Sperry RAND Presidents
- 10:3410:34, 31 May 2024 diff hist −5 User:Dóeltenga/sandbox →List of Sperry RAND Presidents
- 10:3310:33, 31 May 2024 diff hist +1 User:Dóeltenga/sandbox No edit summary
- 10:3210:32, 31 May 2024 diff hist −24 User:Dóeltenga/sandbox →List of Sperry RAND Presidents
- 10:2910:29, 31 May 2024 diff hist +147 User:Dóeltenga/sandbox →List of Sperry RAND Presidents
29 May 2024
- 12:2112:21, 29 May 2024 diff hist +1,891 UNIVAC 1100/2200 series →1107: added table showing cost breakdown of a 1107 taken from US Congress committee meeting
- 12:1812:18, 29 May 2024 diff hist −15 User:Dóeltenga/sandbox →1100 Series
- 12:1712:17, 29 May 2024 diff hist +724 User:Dóeltenga/sandbox →Cost, price and rental rates
- 11:4711:47, 29 May 2024 diff hist +1,207 User:Dóeltenga/sandbox No edit summary
- 11:2811:28, 29 May 2024 diff hist +555 UNIVAC 1105 →Chapel Hill: added reference to US Congress committee on Appropriations hearings from 1963 which mentions UNC and Armour
- 09:0809:08, 29 May 2024 diff hist +532 Sperry Corporation →Early history: added a line about reincorporation and link to Smithsonian page mentioning this. think it's important to highlight that "Sperry Corporation" became the parent holding company of already existing "Sperry Gyroscope" current
28 May 2024
- 16:0416:04, 28 May 2024 diff hist +543 Litton Industries →Further reading: add two further books to 'Further Reading' current
- 15:5415:54, 28 May 2024 diff hist +2 m Swire →Further reading current
- 15:5215:52, 28 May 2024 diff hist +536 Swire add Further Reading section with recent book on Swire etc.
- 11:3011:30, 28 May 2024 diff hist +835 UNIVAC →History and structure: add mention of Varian purchase.
- 11:0711:07, 28 May 2024 diff hist +726 Sperry Corporation →Sperry Rand: add reference to Sperry UNIVAC entry to minicomputer market by purchasing Varian Data machines.
- 11:0611:06, 28 May 2024 diff hist 0 m Varian Data Machines move reference to correct location. current
- 11:0011:00, 28 May 2024 diff hist +608 Varian Data Machines added references to Sperry Rand purchase and merger into Sperry UNIVAC.
26 May 2024
- 22:3422:34, 26 May 2024 diff hist +232 Draft:30-bit computing No edit summary current
24 May 2024
- 21:4521:45, 24 May 2024 diff hist +44 m Drum memory added reference to UNIVAC FASTRAND, good example of drums been used for secondary storage (given UNIVAC weakness with Hard Drives in "60's) current
23 May 2024
- 22:2722:27, 23 May 2024 diff hist +917 UNIVAC →History and structure: rearranged sentence, think it make more sense to group the Sperry Rand bits together in paragraph eg. McArthur as Chairman and Vickers as CEO of overall parent company. Added reference to Norberg book talking about the Management Difficulties in UNIVAC during Norris tenure, which culminating in him leaving to form CDC. This could do with some expansion.
- 21:0221:02, 23 May 2024 diff hist +307 UNIVAC →Further reading: rearranged books in chronological order, added "Creating the Computer: Government, Industry, and High Technology"
- 09:5809:58, 23 May 2024 diff hist +946 1920 Irish local elections →County councils current
22 May 2024
- 10:5210:52, 22 May 2024 diff hist +333 1920 Irish local elections →Detailed results by council type: add reference from gov.ie with details of council elections
21 May 2024
- 22:3322:33, 21 May 2024 diff hist +2,499 User:Dóeltenga/sandbox No edit summary
20 May 2024
- 12:4312:43, 20 May 2024 diff hist +261 m Western Atlas add book reference current
- 12:4112:41, 20 May 2024 diff hist +284 m Western Geophysical add book reference to cover purchase by Litton in 1960 current
19 May 2024
- 14:2414:24, 19 May 2024 diff hist +625 m UNIVAC →History and structure: references for Thornton C. Fry heading UNIVAC division after Norris left.
- 11:5911:59, 19 May 2024 diff hist +760 UNIVAC →History and structure: references for Norris and Schnackel
- 11:5011:50, 19 May 2024 diff hist +459 m UNIVAC →History and structure: extra references for Presidents of Divison table.
- 11:4611:46, 19 May 2024 diff hist +416 User:Dóeltenga/sandbox →List of Sperry UNIVAC presidents
- 11:3811:38, 19 May 2024 diff hist +5 m UNIVAC →History and structure: fix ref tag
- 11:3711:37, 19 May 2024 diff hist +1,036 m UNIVAC →History and structure: add references to NY Times articles.
- 11:3511:35, 19 May 2024 diff hist +885 User:Dóeltenga/sandbox →List of Sperry UNIVAC presidents
- 11:2811:28, 19 May 2024 diff hist +1,515 UNIVAC →History and structure: added table with President's/General Managers of Division, will probably need some restructuring. We also need bit more about William Norris position within UNIVAC and his eventual leaving to form CDC.
- 11:1711:17, 19 May 2024 diff hist +362 Ford Instrument Company added photo of Ford Mk1. Ballistic computer current
- 11:1611:16, 19 May 2024 diff hist +18 m Sperry Corporation Hannibal Ford was first employee of Sperry Gyroscope and chief engineer, before becoming founder of Ford Instrument Company (which became part of Sperry Corporation in '33) - retired in '43
18 May 2024
- 16:3416:34, 18 May 2024 diff hist +980 Guinness Mahon →Irish business: add initial bit about Traynor and Ansbacher affair.
- 12:3512:35, 18 May 2024 diff hist +2,071 Ford Instrument Company added some references, brief bit about purchase by NAA and subsequent spin-off into Sperry Corporation. Need to add bits about various products including cold war work on ICBM's etc.
17 May 2024
- 16:1616:16, 17 May 2024 diff hist +745 Singer Corporation →20th century: added bit about resale of Dalmo Victor, ties in with Bilzerian leveraged buyout of Singer and subsequent sale of assets to pay off junk bonds etc. current
- 16:0516:05, 17 May 2024 diff hist +23 m Singer Corporation →20th century: change Forbes article to named-reference
- 15:3415:34, 17 May 2024 diff hist +473 Guinness Mahon →Irish business: added proper date of incorporation of Irish bank -- the date of 1986 appears to be only relevant to Desmond Traynor no longer been one of the managing partners of Guinness & Mahon in Dublin (see Moriarty Tribunal)
- 15:1215:12, 17 May 2024 diff hist +443 AlliedSignal →History: add bit about sale of original Oil and Gas properties to Burmah and acquistion of Mack Truck. Tag: Visual edit: Switched
16 May 2024
- 10:0310:03, 16 May 2024 diff hist +19 m UNIVAC Solid State →Technology: convert references to named ones and reuse.
- 10:0210:02, 16 May 2024 diff hist +45 m UNIVAC Solid State No edit summary
