Computer History Archives Project (CHAP) | Sperry Univac 1100/60 Mainframe Computer announcement 1979 (Unisys history) @ComputerHistoryArchivesProject | Uploaded January 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Sperry Univac’s 1100/60 Mainframe Announcement of 1979. Univac’s first Multiprocessing Mainframe Computer is described by Sperry Rand’s Vice President, Bob Vernon. Original rare footage and photos! Billed by Sperry as their most important Announcement of all time. Part of Sperry’s 1100 family, it’s CPU included sets of nine Motorola 10800 microprocessors combined with high-speed emitter-coupled logic circuitry for high-speed processing. Called “Microexecution units,” they could concurrently execute different parts of the same micro-instructions, for improved throughput and speed. It was designed to compete with competitor machines from Burroughs, Control Data Corporation, IBM, Honeywell, and Digital Equipment Corporation. -- Adapted from 1979 presentation by Sperry Rand Corporation, by the Computer History Archives Project (CHAP). For educational and historical use only. Copyright © Unisys.
Reference Links:
-- Datapro Report January 1983: Sperry Univac 1100/60 System
bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/univac/1100/datapro/70C-877-12_8301_UNIVAC_1100_60.pdf
SPERRY UNIVAC Series 1100 Sales Information Manual
vipclubmn.org/BitsBakUp/U7265%20Sperry%20Univac%20Series%201100%20Sales%20Information%20Manual%20(July%201982).pdf
Sperry Rand’s Third-GenerationComputers 1964–1980George T. Gray and Ronald Q. Smith
paleoferrosaurus.com/documents/Univac/Univac_Third_Gen.pdf
Datapro Report: Sperry's Communications Processors
archive.org/details/bitsavers_dataprocomrsC13877SperryDCP_10572276/page/n11/mode/2up
Film and Photos Courtesy of UNISYS Corporation and
Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware
hagley.org
For additional information on the History of Univac 1100 series and related machines, visit:
The VIP Club: Information Technology (IT) Pioneers;
Retirees and former employees of Unisys, Lockheed Martin, and their heritage companies;
vipclubmn.org
Sperry Univac’s 1100/60 Mainframe Announcement of 1979. Univac’s first Multiprocessing Mainframe Computer is described by Sperry Rand’s Vice President, Bob Vernon. Original rare footage and photos! Billed by Sperry as their most important Announcement of all time. Part of Sperry’s 1100 family, it’s CPU included sets of nine Motorola 10800 microprocessors combined with high-speed emitter-coupled logic circuitry for high-speed processing. Called “Microexecution units,” they could concurrently execute different parts of the same micro-instructions, for improved throughput and speed. It was designed to compete with competitor machines from Burroughs, Control Data Corporation, IBM, Honeywell, and Digital Equipment Corporation. -- Adapted from 1979 presentation by Sperry Rand Corporation, by the Computer History Archives Project (CHAP). For educational and historical use only. Copyright © Unisys.
Reference Links:
-- Datapro Report January 1983: Sperry Univac 1100/60 System
bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/univac/1100/datapro/70C-877-12_8301_UNIVAC_1100_60.pdf
SPERRY UNIVAC Series 1100 Sales Information Manual
vipclubmn.org/BitsBakUp/U7265%20Sperry%20Univac%20Series%201100%20Sales%20Information%20Manual%20(July%201982).pdf
Sperry Rand’s Third-GenerationComputers 1964–1980George T. Gray and Ronald Q. Smith
paleoferrosaurus.com/documents/Univac/Univac_Third_Gen.pdf
Datapro Report: Sperry's Communications Processors
archive.org/details/bitsavers_dataprocomrsC13877SperryDCP_10572276/page/n11/mode/2up
Film and Photos Courtesy of UNISYS Corporation and
Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware
hagley.org
For additional information on the History of Univac 1100 series and related machines, visit:
The VIP Club: Information Technology (IT) Pioneers;
Retirees and former employees of Unisys, Lockheed Martin, and their heritage companies;
vipclubmn.org
