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	UNIVAC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1978 Sperry Rand, an old fashioned conglomerate of disharmonious divisions (computers, typewriters, office furniture, hay balers, manure spreaders, gyroscopes, avionics, radar, electric razors), decided to concentrate on its computing interests and unrelated divisions were sold.
		When Sperry Rand replaced the core memory with semiconductor memory in 1975, the same machine was released as the UNIVAC 1100/10.
		When Sperry Rand replaced the core memory with semiconductor memory in 1975, the same machine was released as the UNIVAC 1100/20.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sperry_Rand (1787 words)

	Sperry Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sperry Corporation was a major American equipment and electronics company whose existence spanned more than seven decades of the twentieth century.
		Sperry also was the creator of the Ball Turret Gun that was mounted under the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, made famous by the Memphis Belle.
		The takeover came about even after Sperry Rand used a "poison pill" in the form of a major share price hike to dissuade the hostile bid, as a result of which Burroughs had to borrow much more from the banks than was anticipated in order to complete the bid.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sperry_Corporation (589 words)

	Remington Rand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Remington Rand was an early American computer manufacturer, best known as the original maker of the UNIVAC I, and now part of Unisys.
		From 1942 to 1945, Remington Rand was one manufacturer of the 1911A1 pistol used by the United States Armed Forces during World War II.
		Sperry sold the division in 1979 to, who became the company spokesman.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Remington_Rand (315 words)

	Sperry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		From a Ginzton interview: "Lab #13 at Sperry was responsible in the field of microwave measurements, and there was another lab responsible for developing the klystron, and another lab still separate from that, for the development called Doppler radar.
		From an employee count of 600 in 1932, Sperry grew to a wartime peak of 32,000 in 1943.
		Sperry Rand Corporation was an early entry in the computer industry through its acquisitions of Engineering Research Associates and Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation.
	pxarchive.tripod.com /companies/sperry.html (673 words)

	Unisys History Newsletter v2n1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although Sperry Rand developed some of the first experimental transistor computers, such as the Philadelphia division's LARC and the St. Paul division's Bogart and Athena, the company was slow in producing transistor computers for general sales.
		Sperry Rand's St. Paul division was equally slow with its scientific computer, the 1107, which was not ready until the autumn of 1962.
		Although both divisions of Sperry Rand had been pioneers in the development of magnetic drums, the III was not originally equipped with a drum as a mass storage device.
	www.cc.gatech.edu /gvu/people/randy.carpenter/folklore/v2n1.html (2078 words)

	Historical Sketch, ENIAC Trial Exhibits Guide
		Sperry Rand was engaged, in the early 1960's, in litigation with Honeywell, Inc., and other companies, over the infringements of computer patents owned by Sperry Rand.
		Because of their former difficulties with Sperry Rand in the early 1960's and anticipated difficulties from a possible suit to collect royalties, Honeywell filed a suit against Sperry Rand in 1967 on the grounds of antitrust violations and unjustified claims to the electronic computer.
		Sperry Rand contented that the ENIAC was solely the invention of Eckert and Mauchly; however, Honeywell stated that Eckert and Mauchly had taken the idea from John Vincent Atanasoff and his assistant Clifford E. Berry.
	www.archives.upenn.edu /faids/upd/eniactrial/eniac4.html (1538 words)

	The Trial
		In the summer of 1968 lawyers for Honeywell and Control Data issued subpoenas for all the relevant records from the files of Sperry Rand, IBM, and the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, as well as any personal records that might be in the possession of Mauchly or Eckert related to the ENIAC or EDVAC projects.
		United States District Judge Earl Richard Larson came to an early conclusion that the Honeywell case against Sperry Rand would be a long and complicated one, and that it would consume essentially all of the time of one of the U.S. District judges in Minnesota for a period of at least a year.
		Sperry Rand Lawyer Ferrill argued that it was hearsay and irrelevant communication to a person not involved in the litigation.
	www.scl.ameslab.gov /ABC/Trial.html (3345 words)

	A History of the Kardex Company
		James Rand., Jr., soon became dissatisfied with the efforts made by the company in developing visible equipment, for up to this time most of the effort of the Rand Corporation had been devoted to the Visible Ledger line of products.
		Rand, Jr., decided that Index Visible would be a valuable addition to his company's service, so on July 1, 1925, Index Visible was merged with the Rand Kardex Company.
		In 1955 the Sperry Rand Corporation was formed by the merger of the Sperry Corporation, makers of Naval and commercial electronics, with Remington Rand, Inc.
	www.kardex.com /update/history.htm (900 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rand purchased Rockledge, the mansion to become corporate headquarters, the stable to be used for research.
		And James Rand had added some important men to the top echelon of the corporation—Gen. Leslie R. Groves, who had headed the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb; Gen. Douglas MacArthur, famed for leadership in the Pacific during World War II and then for being fired by President Harry Truman in the Korean Conflict.
		Wenning left Sperry Rand in 1962 and went to work for Pitney Bowes of Stamford, became a corporate vice president, arid retired from there in 1986.
	www.rowayton.org /rhs/Computers/hstnytimes.htm (1455 words)

	UNIVAC -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1955 Remington Rand merged with (Click link for more info and facts about Sperry Corporation) Sperry Corporation to become Sperry Rand.
		In 1986, Sperry Corporation merged with (some may opine "was subjected to a hostile takeover by") (Click link for more info and facts about Burroughs Corporation) Burroughs Corporation to become (Click link for more info and facts about Unisys) Unisys.
		Since the 1986 marriage of Burroughs and Sperry, Unisys has metamorphosed from a computer manufacturer to a computer services firm, competing in the same marketplace as IBM, EDS, and Computer Sciences Corporation.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/un/univac5.htm (429 words)

	Unisys History Newsletter v3n4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After he left Sperry Rand in late 1957, Cray used much of the logic design from the Bogart in his first computer at Control Data Corporation, the 1604, which was completed in January 1960.
		One of Cray's last designs at Sperry Rand before he left for Control Data in the summer of 1957 was a prototype shipboard computer for the Navy Tactical Data System (NTDS).
		Shortly after the departure of Cray, the Navy told Sperry Rand that it was impressed with the potential of the AN/USQ-17 and awarded the company a $50 million contract to build several service test systems for actual shipboard installation.
	www.cc.gatech.edu /gvu/people/randy.carpenter/folklore/v3n4.html (2693 words)

	Unisys History
		Unisys was created in 1986 from the merger of two American companies, Sperry Rand and Burroughs Adding Machine Co. These companies had quite a history of their own prior to this time.
		Sperry manufactured and sold navigation systems, while Remington achieved fame with its first "noiseless" typewriter and invented the first electric typewriter as early as 1925.
		Working closely with Lt. James Doolittle, Sperry Gyroscope engineers developed the artificial horizon and the aircraft directional gyro – which quickly found their way aboard airmail planes and the aircraft of the fledgling commercial airlines. TWA was the first commercial buyer of these two products.
	www.unisys.be /about__unisys/history (927 words)

	Sperry Product Innovation - Product Design Services, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Patents, Industrial Design, ...
		Elmer Sperry is responsible for starting eight companies that made significant contributions to the American wartime effort as well as modern-day military and commercial transportation and many other areas of modern life.
		Sperry Marine, a division of Litton, Sperry Rand and Sperry Rail have their roots directly linked to Elmer’s original companies.
		Lawrence Burst Sperry, nicknamed Gyro, is best known for inventing the autopilot utilizing the concepts developed by his father for the gyroscope.
	www.sperryinc.com /content_history.html (500 words)

	All of ENIAC Trial Exhibits Guide
		Sperry Rand Corporation and Illinois Scientific Instruments, Inc. This case was filed and heard in the U.S. District Court, Fourth Division of Minnesota at Minneapolis between 1967 and 1973.
		Historians of science and technology generally regard Honeywell vs. Sperry Rand as the definitive forum for the debate over and settlement of all patent and other intellectual property claims to the invention of the computer.
		The Sperry Corporation turned this collection over to the University of Pennsylvania in 1974, primarily for the use of John G. Brainerd, who, in 1945-46, was an associate professor of electrical engineering at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering and the faculty supervisor of the ENIAC project.
	www.archives.upenn.edu /faids/upd/eniactrial/eniacall.html (5499 words)

	Sperry Van Ness Dares to Share (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Both Sperry and Van Ness believed that establishing a network of independent advisors, and allowing them to work from any location, was an excellent way to keep and attract the best producers.
		Sperry also asserted that focusing attention on the individual advisors and providing them with greater support has paid off as employee turnover has dropped significantly.
		Fiola's firm recently listed a multi-housing property with Sperry Van Ness, and Fiola said he was impressed with the velocity and the price at which the asset was sold.
	www.multi-housingnews.com /multihousing/icopyright_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1945768 (2307 words)

	Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
		Sperry replace Timothy R. Chrisman and Anthony W. Liberati, both former directors of Hawthorne, which was acquired by the Company on June 4, 2004, who resigned their positions to pursue with others the acquisition of another, unrelated financial institution and a capital offering related to that acquisition, through VWF Acquisition Corporation.
		Sperry is the Co-Founder of Sperry Van Ness, headquartered in Southern California, one of the largest and fastest growing commercial real estate brokerage firms in the nation, with over 400 commercial real estate brokers located in 90 regions.
		Sperry is also a member of the Board of Directors of IPD, an international industrial parts manufacturer and distributor.
	www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=26649047 (862 words)

	Sperry Rand Corporation - UNIVAC Computer maker became Unisys
		In 1955, Sperry and Remington Rand merged to form Sperry Rand.
		In 1986 Sperry Rand and Burroughs merged to form Unisys Corporation.
		Remington Rand introduces UNIVAC 1103, the first commercial use of random access memory (RAM).
	www.scripophily.net /sperrancorun.html (777 words)

	Remington History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Under the guidance of Remington Rand Vice President, Harry Landsiedel, the Remington Electric Shaver Division of Remington Rand is formed.
		Sperry Rand sells its shaver business to Remington Products Inc., a company formed by Victor Kiam, in a leveraged buyout.
		Sperry later merges with Burroughs Corporation to form the Unisys Corporation.
	www.remington-products.com /usa/corpinfo/history.html (444 words)

	Sperry Remington Rand calcs
		The mainframe computer company known as Sperry Rand marketed a line of Sperry Remington Rand calculators in the 1972-1975 timeframe.
		While Sperry apparently had others make their calculators for them, they did not just buy designs "off the shelf." Rather, they either designed some themselves and/or purchased the sole rights for designs made by others.
		By 1976, Sperry was out of the calculator business to focus on their computer business.
	www.vintagecalculators.com /html/sperry_remington_rand_calcs.html (467 words)

	UNIVAC FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The EMCC became the UNIVAC Division of Remington Rand.
		Remington Rand advertised their name as "Remington Rand UNIVAC." In 1955, Sperry Corporation merged with Remington Rand to become Sperry Rand.
		She retired from the UNIVAC Division of Sperry Rand in 1971.
	csrc.lse.ac.uk /History/UNIVAC-FAQ.htm (1061 words)

	Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Currently operating in over 70 regions with over 400 agents, Sperry Van Ness is continuing to bring their high level services to new markets.
		Sperry Van Ness brings its clients unprecedented levels of expertise, with agents that foster the highest level of integrity.
		Sperry Van Ness is the only firm whose clients benefit from the well-earned reputation of a consistent, proactive approach by marketing listings to outside brokers as well as investors as a matter of policy.
	www.investecjax.com (583 words)

	IBM and the Seven Dwarfs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was the beginning of the end for Remington Rand, where quarrels between Bill Norris in the St. Paul (Minnesota) office, Eckert in the Philadelphia office, and the New York headquarters were starting to divide loyalties.
		In 1982, Sperry Rand officially retired the UNIVAC name, replacing it with Sperry on all their computers.
		Shortly afterward, Sperry Rand was absorbed by Unisys Corp. Sic transit gloria mundi.
	www.cs.washington.edu /homes/gribble/classes/cs39c/Comp/dwarf.html (1936 words)

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		Honeywell responded in the same year with an antitrust suit charging that the Sperry Rand-IBM cross-licensing agreement was a conspiracy to monopolize the computer industry, and also that the ENIAC patent was fraudulently procured and invalid.
		The rights to the ENIAC patent eventually passed to Sperry Rand as a result of a merger of the Sperry Corporation and Remington Rand in 1955.
		The 1956 agreement between Sperry Rand and IBM was determined to be a "technological merger" and a conspiracy in restraint of trade in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act because the two companies together had 95 percent of the relevant market at the time.
	special.lib.umn.edu /findaid/xml/cbi00001.xml (1652 words)

	Sperry Shoes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Acquiring Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation and Engineering Research Associates along with Remington Rand, the company developed the successful UNIVAC computer series and signed a valuable cross-licensing deal with IBM.
		From 1967 to 1973 the corporation was involved in an acrimonious antitrust lawsuit with Honeywell, Inc. In 1978 Sperry Rand decided to concentrate on its computing interests and a number of divisions including Remington Rand Systems,
		I recently received a Sperry Gyroscope made by the Sperry Gyroscope company Brooklyn, NewYork.
	www.blownspeakers.com /pages3/83/sperry-shoes.html (354 words)

	Commercial Real Estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sperry Van Ness was founded on the principle of proactive marketing with the entire brokerage industry, serving as the pioneer in reinventing the 100-year-old commercial real estate industry.
		Sperry Van Ness has established a rigorous broker screening process for brokers wishing to join our team, associating only with industry leaders who have proven successes and a high level of integrity.
		Sperry Van Ness is one of the only firms whose clients benefit from our dedication to proactively targeting and cooperating with outside brokers, fully embracing cutting-edge technology, and setting the highest standards for our Advisors.
	www.svn.com /html/about_us.html (259 words)

	AN/USQ-17 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The machine was the size and shape of a bathtub, about four feet high (roughly 1.20 meters), with a hinged lid for access.
		So when the Navy awarded Sperry Rand a US$50 million contract to build the AN/USQ-17, the loss of the engineers that understood the machine forced Sperry to redesign the entire machine from scratch (retaining the instruction set so that programs developed for the original machine would still run on the new one).
		As part of the redesign it was decided to improve access, and the second version was designed to stand upright, like an old fashioned double-door refrigerator, about six feet tall (roughly 1.80 m).
	www.kiwipedia.com /an-usq-17.html (322 words)

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