Vintage Computer: UNIVAC III Origin and History 1962 (UNIVAC, Remington Rand, Livermore Labs LARC)

070820 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. COMPUTER HISTORY: An Introduction to the UNIVAC III Computer of 1962 and its relationship to the UNIVAC LARC (Livermore Advanced Research Computer) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Built by Remington Rand UNIVAC Division of Sperry Rand, these giant machines are part of the legacy ancestry of Unisys Corporation. Fascinating history and technology. An 8 minute presentation with additional footage at the end. Included are links below for more detailed history. We hope you enjoy this bit of computing history! (Computer History Archives Project)

Start: 00:03
Acknowledgements: 07:32
Copyright info: 07:58
Additional Scenes: 8:08

REFERENCES and FURTHER INFORMATION:

* * “The UNIVAC III Computer,” by George Gray, Unisys History News. Vol.2, (1999)
http://www.stephens.ws/univac3/Univac3-uhn.html

* * “The Remington Rand UNIVAC LARC,” by Charles Cole
http://www.computer-history.info/Page4.dir/pages/LARC.dir/LARC.Cole.html

 “The Development of Large Scale Scientific Computing at Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory,” (LARC) by George Michael, George Cole, Norman Hardy, et al.
http://www.computer-history.info/

“Bitsavers” Al Kossow’s Online Software Archive:
-LARC Documentation & Illustrations
-UNIVAC III Documentation & Illustrations
http://www.bitsavers.org

UNIVAC III Confidential Company document (1960)
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/univac3/UnivacIII_spec_Nov1960.pdf

“Sperry Rand Military Computers 1957-1975,” by George Gray, Unisys History News (1999)
http://www.silogic.com/Athena/Unisys%20History%20Newsletter%20Aug%201999%20v3n4.htm

March 1961, by M.H. Weik, Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland;Ed Thelen’s Computer History Site;
http://www.ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL61.html

History & Evolution of 1100/2200 series mainframe technology (Unisys)
http://vipclubmn.org/Articles/HISTORY1100series.pdf

Unisys: A history of innovation enhancing people’s lives
https://www.unisys.com/aboutus/company-history

Pavel T. (Univac III info, photos) (Czech)
https://www.root.cz/clanky/ibm-a-sedm-trpasliku-ctvrta-cast/#k04

--ADDITIONAL PHOTO CREDITS:

Hagley Museum and Library, Delaware
http://www.hagley.org

Computer History Museum, Mountain View
http://www.computerhistory.org

“LARC circuit board” and “LARC full room view”
Courtesy of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jan Lindeboom’s site, Netherlands (Ferractor photo)
http://www.ussc90.nl/menu.htm

Andrew Holme (UNIVAC III core memory)
http://www.aholme.co.uk/Core/Flipper.htm

LARC film footage, Periscope Film, stock footage & more
http://www.periscopefilm.com

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and THANKS TO:

Tony Buglione, Senior Manager, Industry Marketing and Communications, Unisys Inc.
http://www.unisys.com

Dag Spicer, Senior Curator
The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA http://www.computerhistory.org

Angela Schad, Reference Archivist, Digital Archives Specialist
Hagley Museum and Library, Delaware
http://www.hagley.org

VIPClubMN: Information Technology Pioneers
Retirees and former employees of Unisys, Lockheed Martin, and their heritage companies: Lowell A. Benson, Ron Q. Smith (& others) http://www.VIPClubMN.org

Ed Thelen’s Computer History Site; http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/

Al Kossow's Bitsavers.org Archive, http://www.bitsavers.org

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
https://www.llnl.gov/

Max Campbell, Archivist, IBM Corporate Archives
https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/
https://rumblevideoarchive.wordpress.com/