Title
Bajorek, Chris and Thompson Dave oral history
Catalog Number
102738544
Type
Moving image
Description
This oral history records the contributions of Drs. Bajorek and Thompson, as individuals and leaders, to the advancement of various computer technologies. Thompson led the research effort that resulted in the industry's first inductive film heads. Later, Thompson and Bajorek collaborated in the efforts that resulted in the commercialization of magnetoresistive (MR) heads for use in consumer transaction applications, magnetic tape drives and magnetic hard disk drives, three additional industry firsts. All modern tape and disk drives write and read data with devices based on their innovations.
Date
2017-09-08
Participants
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Allan, Dal, Interviewer
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Bajorek, Christopher, Interviewee
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Thompson, Dave, Interviewee
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, CA
Format
MOV
Category
Oral history
Subject
Film magnetic heads; IBM Magnetic Recording Institute; IBM Corsair disk drive; Caltech; MR heads; GMR heads; TMR heads
Credit
Computer History Museum
