Call Number: OH 120
Interviewee: Babcock, Dean Frank
Interviewer: Arthur L. Norberg
Repository: Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Description: Transcript, 40 pp.
Abstract: After Babcock describes his early life, education and communications work in the Navy during World War II, the focus of the interview shifts to his work with Engineering Research Associates (ERA). Topics include: various ERA projects including Project Lime; the design of equipment at ERA; magnetic drum designs and capabilities; the work of Sidney Rubens and William Field on magnetic drums; and ERA's interaction with the Navy, especially during the Korean War.
Subject(s):
United States. -- Navy ; Magnetic drums -- History ; Magnetic drums -- Design and construction ; Field, William J. ; Engineering Research Associates ; Computer industry -- United States -- History ; Babcock, Dean Frank
Citation: Dean Frank Babcock, OH 120. Oral history interview by Arthur L. Norberg, 12 September 1986, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
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