Clemens, Jack (John) oral history | Computer History Museum

Type

Text

Title

Clemens, Jack (John) oral history

Contributor

Clemens, John (Jack), Interviewee

Porter, James N., Interviewer; Editor

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Date

2007-07-09

Place of Publication

Mountain View, California

Extent

18 p.

Description

After completing college, Jack Clemens worked at Los Alamos Laboratory for two years, then joined IBM in 1957, where he worked on early RAMAC production engineering, and then on several disk storage programs until leaving IBM in 1970. He participated in the disk drive programs of several independent manufacturers, at times as a manager, and at times as a consultant, until 2002, when he retired from the data storage industry.

Subject

Clemens, John K.; IBM; RAMAC; IBM 1311 (Disk Storage Drive); IBM 2321 (Storage); IBM 2310 RAMKIT; IBM 3330; Telex; Memorex Corporation; Maxtor; Storage history

Collection Title

Oral Histories Online

Accession Number

102658118

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