Computer History Museum

Final report of SPREAD task group with associated correspondence and notes

This is the final report of the Spread committee describing the IBM 360 family of computers as well as the steps necessary for IBM to produce the computer family and to transition the new offering to the marketplace. Also included are correspondence between a committee member Jerome Svigals and the editors of Fortune discussing their article about the IBM Spread Plan and handwritten notes from Svigals.

Item Details

Date
1961-12-28 (Made)
1966-09 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102713231
Organization
International Business Machines (IBM) (Publisher)
People
Jr. Brooks (Author)
S. A. Rosen (Author)
M. J. Kelly (Author)
W. H. Johnson (Author)
J. W. Haanstra (Author)
H. Hellerman (Author)
B. G. Oldfield (Author)
Jerome Svigals (Author)
D. V. Newton (Author)
W. P. Heising (Author)
J. W. Fairclough (Author)
B. O. Evans (Author)
Joel David Aron (Author)
Category
Technical Report
Correspondence
Technical Paper or Note
Credit line
Gift of Jerome Svigals
Language
English
Acquisition number
X3951.2007
Archive collection
Jerome Svigals collection on smart cards
Archive hierarchy
Jerome Svigals collection on smart cards