Title
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) 3380 disk drive oral history panel
Catalog Number
102657932
Type
Document
Description
The IBM 3380, announced in June, 1980, and eventually shipped in October, 1981, for mainframe applications, encountered many difficult development problems, but eventually became one of IBM's all-time highest cash producers. Panel members played a key role in solving difficult problems with recording heads, disks, motors, etc., and in preparing the drive models with increased capacity which were introduced through the 1980s.
Date
2006-01-03
Contributor
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Coolures, Chris P., Interviewee
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Grogan, Jack, Interviewee
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Lucke, Jim, Interviewee
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Porter, James, Moderator
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Rosenshteyn, Yan, Cameraperson
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Warner, Mike, Interviewee
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Whitney, Dick, Interviewee
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, California
Extent
32 p.
Category
Transcription
Subject
Coolures, Chris; Grogan, Jack; Lucke, Jim; Warner, Mike; Whitney, Dick; IBM 3380-A/B; IBM 3380-EM; IBM 3380-K; IBM 3390; Storage history
Collection Title
Oral history collection
