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Remington Rand records

Item Details

Description
This series contains manuals, training guides, promotional materials, news clippings, specifications, and technical papers related to Remington Rand Inc. and its products from 1950 to 1972. The bulk of this series focuses on UNIVAC, with operations and programming manuals, reports, brochures, product overviews and specifications, articles, and training materials specifically related to UNIVAC systems and components. A smaller group of materials focuses on other Remington Rand products, including articles; manuals for the BIOR compiling system, Type 315-1 collating reproducer, and the high-speed printer model 46; and brochures for several punched card machines. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Level of description
Folder
Date
1950-1972
Author
Remington Rand Corporation
Publisher
Remington Rand Corporation
Collection title
Charles A. Jortberg collection
Catalogue number
600000037

<p>Three color brochure for Univac Flow-Matic. The cover is black on top with green and white lettering. In the upper right corner is a black and white picture of a Univac computer. The lower portion of the cover has a zebra-like print in two shades of green. A graphic consisting of three intersecting oval shapes is on the left. The logo for Remington Rand Univac is on the lower right. The first two pages consist of a general rundown of the features of Univac Flowmatic and contains a quote from a "Typical FLOW-MATIC User" citing the advantages of the language. The middle of the brochure includes 7 numbered boxes with text and graphics that each note a savings. The lower right corner has a section on "Support of the Leaders in Programming Research." The last two pages contain drawings of flowcharts and coding.</p>

Type
Document
Catalogue number
102646140
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This brochure introduces the Model 1103A as a computing system for scientific applications designed to solve complex problems such as those found in engineering and research. It is printed in blue, black and white on white glossy paper. The front cover shows a black and white photographic close up of detail on a computer creating a repetitive pattern, which is continued on the front inside page. The back cover shows the cmopany logo, which is the globe with electrons spinning around it and the Hermes (Mercury) wearing a helmet . Black, white, and blue photographs of computers and hardware components are shown throughout the broch The name "Donald G. McBrien" is stamped on the top right corner of the first page. Contents of text include: How it can serve you; The computing system; Preparing a problem; The results may be printed or stored; An entire organization can use the computer; For greater flexibility.

Type
Document
Catalogue number
102646141

This brochure introduces the UNIVAC II as being twice as fast as the existing Univac computer. It is printed in black, gray, blue, and white, with each page having as a background a view of the night sky. The front cover shows the image of Atlas holding up the planets in orbit with an enlarged Earth at the center. The back cover shows the company logo: Hermes with wings on his helmet and the earth as the nucleus of an atom with electrons orbiting around, and slogan: UNIVAC--the first name in electronic computing. Views of planets and orbiting electrons continue throughout the inside pages. Each page displays black and white photographs of the UNIVAC II with textual explanations. Text headings include: The central computer; UNIVAC input auxiliaries; UNIVAC output auxiliaries; Operating the system.

Type
Document
Catalogue number
102646302

This brochure introduces the UNIVAC File-Computer System. It is printed in manuscript style on thin weight white paper. The front cover shows a black and white photograph of the Univac File-Computer System and the company logo. A circular yellow sticker, with the number 75 handwritten on it, appears at the upper right corner. The back cover shows the logo of Remington Rand, Division of Perry Rand Corporation. Throughout the inside pages, the text altenates with full page diagrams of functions and operations of the 709. Diagram captions include: Building-block versatility; On-line operation, Off-line operation; Multiplexer; High-capacity general storage; High-speed general-purpose storage; Univac file-computer; Production control--new work; Production control--work done. Text headings include: General outline of component units; On-line billing with typewriter input-output; New approaches to production control.

Type
Document
Catalogue number
102646303

Type
Document
Catalogue number
102734352

Type
Document
Catalogue number
102734353

Type
Document
Catalogue number
102734354

This folder contains manuals for the Remington Rand Type 315-1 Collating Reproducer and the high-speed printer model 46.

Type
Document
Catalogue number
102734356

Type
Document
Catalogue number
102734357

These folders contain training guides, a general introduction to computing, a guide to programming, and a study on computers in business.

Type
Document
Catalogue number
102734359

Type
Document
Catalogue number
102734361

Type
Document
Catalogue number
102734363