| Title: |
Frank C. Mullaney
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| Local code: |
OH 110
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Charles Babbage Institute
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| Collection: |
Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Program
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| Description: |
Mullaney begins by describing his early life, electrical engineering education, radar work in World War II with General Electric, and sonar work with the Navy. He discusses the various projects to which he was assigned at Engineering Research Associates (ERA), especially the Atlas (ERA 1101) computer. Other topics include the ERA 1102 and ERA 1103 computers, John L. Hill, the acquisition of ERA by Remington Rand, J. Presper Eckert, and the formation of Control Data Corporation.
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| Extent: |
84 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=207
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1986 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Mullaney, Frank C., 1923-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1923
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| Speaker place of birth: |
St. Paul, MN; Minnesota; United States; North America
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| Speaker occupation: |
Electrical engineer
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| Age at speaking: |
63
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| Document location: |
Minneapolis, MN
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| Document date: |
02-Jun-1986
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| Interviewer: |
Norberg, Arthur L.
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; Information technology; North America; Oral history; Software engineering; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0024016-25561
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