Control Data Corporation Records
Product Manuals, circa 1957- circa 1991

CBI 80

Series 18

Collection Size: 66.7 cubic ft. (69 boxes)

Creator: Control Data Corporation

Prepared By: Bruce Bruemmer and Kevin D. Corbitt, June 1997; Josh Knatterud-Hubinger, May 2003; Sasha Grossman, April 2006.

Acquisition: The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Control Data Corporation.

Access: Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Copyright: All material in the collection is covered by a prior copyright. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Historical Note

Control Data Corporation (CDC) published hardware and software manuals to assist those who had purchased CDC equipment to run and maintain it.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains Control Data Corporation (CDC) manuals and other post-purchase product information for specific computer hardware and software.

Researchers should consult the Control Data Corporation Product Literature series for marketing and advertising literature.

Acronyms used in this finding aid:

ACE-S/C = Acceptance Checkout Equipment – Spacecraft System

AUTRAN = Automatic Utility Translator

CAMS = Computer Aided Maintenance System

CDC = Control Data Corporation

CDCN = Control Data Distributed Communications Network

LSISYS = Large Scale Integration Design System

TCOS = Time Critical Operating System

ZAP = Zip Assembly Program

Arrangement of the Collection

The manuals are arranged numerically by product number and/or alphabetically by name of the system or type of manual.

Index Terms

Computers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Computer software -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Computer industry -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Catalogs.

Box and Folder List

• 18-bit computer (box 55)
• 160 (Box 1, 55)
• 160/160-A (Box 1, 55)
• 160-A (Box 1, 55)
• 160-A languages and software (Box 1)
• 160-A peripherals
  • 161-A/B on-line input/output typewriter (Box 56)
  • 162 tape synchronizer (Box 1, 56)
  • 163 magnetic tape system (Box 1)
  • 165 plotter (Box 1, 56)
  • 167 card reader (Box 1)
  • 168 arithmetic unit (Box 1)
  • 169 auxilary memory (Box 1)
  • 170 card punch controller (Box 1, 56)
  • 177 card reader controller (Box 56)
  • 350 tape reader (Box 1)
• 160 languages and software (Box 1, 55, 65)
• 160/1604 satellite system (Box 1)
• 636 computer (Box 32)
• 924 computer (Box 32, 64)
• 1604 (Boxes 1-2, 49, 63, 67)
• 1604 languages and software (Boxes 2-3, 49)
• 1604/1604-A (Box 2)
• 1604/1604-A languages and software (Box 3, 49)
• 1604/1604-A/160-A peripherals
  • 1605 adapter (Box 2)
  • 1607 magnetic tape system (Box 2)
  • 1609 card unit (Box 2)
  • 1610 control unit (Box 2)
  • 1612 line printer (Box 2)
  • 1617 card reader (Box 2)
  • COOP Monitor (Box 2, 49)
  • Monitor typewriter (Box 2)
• 1700 (Box 3, 49, 62, 63)
• 1700 customer engineering manuals
  • 210 display station (Box 4)
  • 303 communication expansion (Box 4)
  • 361 communication adapter (Box 5)
  • 364 communication multiplexers (Box 5)
  • 608 magnetic tape transport (Box 5)
  • 854 disk storage drive (Box 5)
  • 1706 buffered data channel (Box 4)
  • 1714 computer system (Box 4)
  • 1732 magnetic tape controller (Box 4)
  • 1738 disk drive controller (Box 4)
  • 1742 line printer (Box 4)
  • 1746 display controller (Box 4)
  • 1748 multiplexer controller (Box 4)
  • Basic Peripherals (Box 49)
  • Cordwood module (Box 6)
  • Equipment performance standard (Box 5)
  • Intebrid circuits (Box 5)
  • Intro. to Integrated Circuits (Box 5)
  • Power supplies (Box 5)
  • Site preparation (Box 6)
• 1700 languages and software
  • Analog/Digital System (Box 49, 63)
  • Assembler (Box 3)
  • Automatic Utility Translator (AUTRAN) (Box 49, 62)
  • Breakpoint (Box 3)
  • Compass (Box 3)
  • Cosy (Box 3)
  • Digigraphic (Box 3)
  • Fortran (Box 4, 49)
  • Macro/Assembler (Box 4, 49)
  • Maintenance Monitor (Box 4)
  • RTMS 17 (Box 4)
  • Utility Assembler (Box 49)
• 1700 operating system
  • MSOS (Box 3)
• 1700 peripherals (Box 3, 49, 62)
• 3000 (Box 9, 61)
• 3000 languages and software (Box 10, 62)
• 3000 operating systems
  • Master (Box 10)
  • MSOS (Box 10)
  • Kronos III (Box 10)
  • Scope (Box 10)
• 3000 peripherals (Box 9)
• 3000 subsystems (Box 9, 61)
• 3000/6000 languages and software (Box 10, 58)
• 3000/6000 peripherals (Box 9)
• 3100 (Box 9, 61)
• 3100/3150/3170/3200/3300/3500 languages and software (Box 58)
• 3100/3200 (Box 61)
• 3100/3200 peripherals (Box 9)
• 3100/3200/3300 languages and software (Box 10, 61)
• 3100/3200/3300/3500 languages and software (Boxes 10, 11, 58, 61, 62)
• 3150 processing system (Box 9)
• 3170/3300/3500 languages and software (Box 61, 62)
• 3200 (Box 9, 61)
• 3200 languages and software (Box 12, 58)
• 3300 (Box 9, 61)
• 3300 languages and software (Box 58, 62)
• 3300/3500 languages and software (Box 10, 58, 62)
• 3400 (Box 10, 61)
• 3400 languages and software (Box 10, 62)
• 3400/3600 languages and software (Box 10; Box 13, 62)
• 3400/3600/3800 languages and software (Box 13)
• 3500 (Box 10, 61)
• 3600 (Box 10, 61, 64)
• 3600 languages and software (Box 13, 58, 61, 62)
• 3600 peripherals (Box 10, 64)
• 3600/3800 languages and software (Box 58, 62)
• 3601 (Box 64, 69)
• 3604 (Box 64, 69)
• 3606 (Box 64)
• 3800 (Box 10, 61)
• 3800 languages and software (B0x 58)
• 5100 (Box 63, 68)
• 5400 computer (Box 32)
• 5500 computer (Box 52)
• 6000 (Boxes 14, 54, 64)
• 6000 compilers, languages, software
  • 6000/6600 Kronos Cyberlink (Box 22)
  • 6400 Sricip (Box 23)
  • Algol - Cobol (Boxes 20, 54)
  • CSSL - Jovial (Box 21, 62)
  • KWIC - Time-Sharing (Box 22, 62)
• 6000 operating systems
  • Chippewa Operating System (Boxes 15, 54)
  • Kronos (Boxes 15, 54, 62)
  • Scope (Boxes 15, 16, 17)
• 6000 peripherals (Boxes 14, 54, 58)
• 6000/7000
  • Compass (Box 24)
• 6000/7600
  • Compass, Fortran (Box 24)
• 6000/7600 languages and software (Box 62)
• 6400 (Box 14)
• 6400/6500/6600 (Boxes 14, 54, 58, 62)
  • Algol - Sort/Merge (Boxes 23, 54, 62)
• 6400/6500/6600/6700 (Box 14)
• 6400/6600 (Boxes 14, 54)
  • Algol - Export/Import (Boxes 23, 54)
  • Fortran - Special Systems (Box 24)
• 6600 (Boxes 14, 54, 58, 63)
  • Ascent - Sipros (Boxes 24, 54)
• 6800
  • Alpha System (Box 24)
• 7000 (Box 58)
• 7030 ECS (Box 15)
• 7600 (Box 14, 58, 62, 63)
  • Fortran (Box 24)
• 7600/cyber 70 (Box 14)
• 7611 I/O station (Box 15)
• 8090 computer system (Boxes 32, 51)
• 8600 computer system (Box 51)
• Applications
  • 8-Bit Subroutines (Box 52)
  • Acceptance Checkout Equipment – Spacecraft System (ACE-S/C) (Box 52)
  • Apex III (Box 38)
  • ASSIST (Box 66)
  • Automated Integrated Design System (Box 65)
  • CAMS II (Computer Aided Maintenance System) (Box 60)
  • Certified ½" Magnetic Tape (Box 52)
  • Common Memory Manager (Box 52)
  • Concurrent Maintenance Library (Box 52)
  • Conversion Aids System (Box 40)
  • Cyber Common Utilities (Box 38)
  • Cyber Interactive Debug (Box 38)
  • Cyber Loader (Box 38)
  • Data Catalogue (Box 38)
  • Data Set Adapter DJ110, DJ111 (Box 52)
  • DYNAFLO (Box 38)
  • Export/Import (Box 38)
  • Federal Standard Channel (Box 52)
  • Field Test Unit TB3A2-A,B (Box 52)
  • Flexible Disk Channel Adapter (Box 52)
  • HELP (Box 52)
  • ICEM (Box 57)
  • IDM (Box 38)
  • IMF (Box 38)
  • Intercom (Box 38, 39)
  • INTEBRID Circuits (Box 60, 66)
  • Logic Symbols and Logic Diagrams (Box 52)
  • Math Science Library (Box 39)
  • Medlab Systems (Box 66)
  • Mini Module Drive (Box 52)
  • Mode 4C Data Communication Control (Box 52)
  • Modify (Box 39)
  • MPL (Box 66)
  • Network Products (Box 39)
  • PDQ/LP (Box 39)
  • PERT (Box 39)
  • Portfolio (Box 39)
  • Postal Source Data System (Box 52)
  • Query Update (Box 39, 56)
  • RESPOND (Box 66)
  • SAINT (Box 52)
  • Shovel System (Box 52)
  • Site Performance Analyzer (Box 52)
  • Sort/Merge (Box 39, 56)
  • SPSS (Box 39)
  • STAFCOM (Box 52)
  • Storage Manual Drive (Box 52)
  • Stored Program Controller (SPC-1) (Box 52)
  • S.T.U.F.F. Loader Text Definition (Box 52)
  • SYMPL (Box 39)
  • Synthavision (Box 65)
  • TAFT/TS (Box 39)
  • TTY (Teletypewriter) (Box 66)
  • Text Editor (Boxes 39, 52)
  • Tieline/NP (Box 52)
  • Time-sharing (Box 39)
  • TSP (Box 39)
  • Uniplot (Box 40)
  • Unistruc II (Box 40)
  • Update (Box 52)
  • Utility Software Package (Box 66)
  • Xedit (Box 40)
  • Zip Assembly Program (ZAP) (Box 52)
• Buffer controller (Box 57)
• CEM parts catalog (Box 6)
• Cobra Dane Mission Comp. Prog. Development (Box 32)
• Computers (Box 65)
• Control Data Distributed Communications Network (CDCNET) (Box 48, 59)
• Customer Eng. memos (Box 6)
• Cyber 18/Cyber 205 (Box 59)
• Cyber 70 (Box 15)
• Cyber 70 compilers, languages, software
  • 274 IGS; MSOS Import (Box 26)
  • APL - Cobol (Box 24)
  • Cobol - Query Update (Boxes 25, 53, 62)
  • Cyber 70 (Boxes 24, 53)
  • Cyber 70/6000 (Box 24, 64)
  • Cyber 70/6000 (Box 25)
  • Cyber 70/6000 (Box 26)
  • Cyber 70/6000/1700 (Box 26)
  • Fortran (Box 24, 66)
  • QUIDDL - Total CDC (Box 26)
• Cyber 70 operating systems
  • Kronos (Box 17)
• Cyber 70/6000 (Box 15)
• Cyber 70/6000 operating systems
  • Kronos (Boxes 17, 18)
  • Scope (Box 19)
• Cyber 70/6000/7600
  • Algol - Compass (Box 26)
  • Fortran - Update (Box 27)
• Cyber 70/7600
  • Cobol - Fortran (Box 27)
• Cyber 80 (Box 53)
• Cyber 170 (Box 15, 63
• Cyber 170 compilers, languages, software
  • Algol - Update (Box 31)
  • APL Cyber (Box 29)
  • Basic - Pascal (Box 30)
  • Comm. - Cyber Cross (Box 31)
  • Cyber 170/Cyber 70 (Box 29)
  • Cyber 170/Cyber 70/6000 (Boxes 29, 53)
  • Cyber 170/Cyber 70/6000/7000 (Box 31)
  • Cyber 170/Cyber 70/6000/7600 (Box 31)
  • Cyber 170/Cyber 70/6000/Cyber 18 (Box 31)
  • Cyber Record Manager (Box 29)
  • Cyber Record Mgr. - Sort/Merge (Box 31)
  • Query Update - Tranex (Box 31)
• Cyber 170 operating systems:
  • CD 200 (Box 28)
  • NOS (Boxes 28, 29)
  • NOS/BE (Box 29)
  • SCOPE (Box 29)
• Cyber 170/Cyber 70/6000 (Box 59)
• Cyber 170/Cyber 70/7600/6000 Algol (Box 59)
• Cyber 170/Cyber 180 (Box 53)
• Cyber 170/Cyber 180/Cyber 990E, 995E, 992, 994 (Box 59)
• Cyber 180 (Box 53)
• Cyber 180/Cyber 170/Cyber 70/6000 (Box 59)
• Cyber 180/Cyber 170/Cyber 170M/Cyber 70/6000 (Box 53)
• Cyber 200 (Boxes 31, 32, 64)
• Cyber 200 languages (Box 32)
• Cyber 203 (Box 66)
• Cyber 205 (Box 53, 60, 63)
• Cyber 1000 (Box 59)
• Cyber 2000 (Box 32)
• Cyber software (Box 60)
• CYBERNET services (Box 60, 62, 65, 66)
• Diagnostic catalog (Box 6, 66)
• Diagnostic Prog. Systems Report (Box 8)
• Diagrams and Circuit Descriptions (Box 65)
• DM system (Box 56)
• DMS-170 (Box 34, 38, 56)
• EM-1 computer (Boxes 33, 52)
• Engineering Serv. Admin. Manual (Box 8)
• Field change orders (Box 8)
• Field Procedures Guide (Box 8)
• G-15 computer (Box 32)
• G-20 computer (Box 52)
• General Purpose Simulation System V (Box 66)
• General and System Standards (Box 66)
• Hardware Development Guidelines (Box 66)
• Hardware Maintenance Manual (Box 65)
• Large Scale Integration Design System (LSISYS) (Box 52)
• LGP-30 (Box 52)
• Literature & Distrib. Services catalog
  • (3/80)(2 Fiche) (Box 42)
  • (4/80) (1 fiche) (Box 42)
  • Administrative manual (4/80) (7 fiche) (Box 42)
  • Aries User's Guide (12/79)(1 fiche) (Box 42)
  • CE tool catalog (2 fiche) (Box 42)
  • Cordwood modules (9/79) (10 fiche) (Box 42)
  • CSGS equipment to product to supply cross ref.(2/80) (3 Fiche) (Box 42)
  • CSGS product to equipment to supply cross ref.(2/80) (18 fiche) (Box 42)
  • Customer address list (1 fiche) (Box 42)
  • Diagnostic Programming systems report (77) (34 fiche) (Box 42)
  • Equipment to publication report (8/78) (1 fiche) (Box 42)
  • ES CAMS MIF cross reference report (4/80) (1 fiche) (Box 42)
  • ES diagnostic configurator catalog (8/77) (1 fiche) (Box 42)
  • ES Equip performance standards (4,5,9/77;2/78) (10 fiche) (Box 42)
  • ES microfiche availability list (1 fiche) (Box 42)
  • ESL parts catalog (1/80) (13 fiche) (Box 42)
  • Publication to equipment report (8/78) (1 fiche) (Box 42)
  • Publications list (2/79) (3 fiche) (Box 42)
  • System Index (8/79) (1 fiche) (Box 42)
  • U.S. Resource Centers (9/79) (2 fiche) (Box 42)
• Literature catalog (1978) (Box 6)
• Maintenance monitor (Box 7)
• Mass Data Storage Facility (Box 41)
• Misc. educational manuals (Boxes 40, 41)
• MP-60 computer (Box 32)
• MSOS installation (Box 8)
• Network products (Box 60)
• Omega computer (Box 32)
• Operating systems
  • Cybernet/Kronos (Box 35)
  • NOS (Box 59)
  • NOS/VE (Boxes 35, 36, 43-45)
  • NOS 2 (Box 50)
  • Scope (Box 36)
  • VSOS (Box 36)
• Peripherals
  • 60A display console (Box 35)
  • 140 data processor (Box 35)
  • 160-A/8090 master control system maintenance monitor (Box 51)
  • 200 terminal (Box 35, 55)
  • 210 site preparation and installation (Box 55)
  • 210, 212, 216-A, 250 display equipment (Box 55)
  • 217-A/B, 250 display equipment (Box 62)
  • 303, 304 communications units (Box 56)
  • 304 data set adapter (Box 35)
  • 311B data set adapter (Box 35, 56)
  • 317 data set adapter (Box 63)
  • 360 channel simulator (Box 35)
  • 362x magnetic tape controller (Box 55)
  • 405 card reader (Box 35, 56)
  • 469 navigation and space systems (Box 55)
  • 505 high-speed line printer (Box 55)
  • 601, 602 magnetic tape transport (Box 63)
  • 603, 604, 606, 607, 626 magnetic tape transport (Box 57, 63)
  • 606 tape control unit (Box 56)
  • 689 transport channel switch (Box 56)
  • 690 magnetic tape certifier (Box 66)
  • 713, 721, 750 terminals (Box 55)
  • 731,732,734 batch terminals (Box 55)
  • 760 multifunctional terminal (Box 66)
  • 823-A hardcopy recorder (Box 55)
  • 828 disk file (Box 63)
  • 915 page reader (Box 63)
  • 955 page and document reader (Box 55, 62)
  • 1500 series peripheral equipment (Box 62)
  • 3195-A page reader controller (Box 62)
  • 3290-C (Box 62)
  • 3600 Drum System (Box 64)
  • 3602 communication module (Box 64)
  • 3681-A channel converter (Box 64)
  • 5600 processor (Box 35)
  • 6060 remote calculator (Box 35)
  • 6603 A-C disk system (Box 66)
  • 8000 series communications terminal controller (Box 51)
  • 8000 series digital communications terminal (Box 51)
  • 8000 series magnetic tape synchronizer (Box 51)
  • 8010 data collection system (Box 51)
  • 8011 data collector (Box 51)
  • 8013 master multiplexer (Box 51)
  • 8030 records transmission system (Box 51)
  • 8048-A, 8049-A,B display equipment (Box 51)
  • 8050 information control system (Box 51)
  • 8061 data set controller (Box 51)
  • 8063 data set controller (Box 35, 51)
  • 8067 data set controller (Box 35, 51)
  • 8092 teleprogrammer (Boxes 35, 51, 62)
  • 8094 peripheral equipment adaptor (Box 51)
  • 8095 records transmission control panel (Box 51)
  • 8096 I/O unit, 8065 DCT, 8527 DCU (Box 51)
  • 8097/8297 data set controller (Box 35, 51)
  • 8130 remote terminal (Box 51)
  • 8156 line printer controller (Box 62)
  • 8170-A/B magnetic tape controller (Box 51)
  • 8197 data set controller (Box 51)
  • 8529 data set controller (Box 51)
  • 8951D, 8952A memory systems (Box 51)
  • 9110, 9130 magnetic tape transport (Box 57)
  • 33302 disk memory subsystem (Box 35, 66)
  • 38500 mass storage facility sytem (Box 52)
  • 80760 multifunction terminal (Box 57)
  • ADL Monitor III operating system (Box 66)
  • Digigraphic system 270 (Box 55)
  • Digital data terminal (Box 55)
  • Graphic printer (Box 56)
  • Tape Sort Merge (Box 67)
  • TTG-200 magnetic tape transport (Box 57)
• Plato system (Box 34, 65)
• PROFITS system (Box 66)
• Programming languages
  • ALGOL (Box 36)
  • APL (Box 36)
  • Assembly (Box 36)
  • Basic (Box 36)
  • BUCAL (Box 36)
  • COBOL (Box 36, 58)
  • Compass (Box 37, 59)
  • COSY/CUP/Master (Box 52)
  • Fortran (Boxes 37, 46)
  • PL 30/50/80 Implementation Language (Box 52)
  • SCL (Boxes 37, 38)
• Recorder-Reproducer Set (RD448) (Box 33)
• Scalar Floating Point (Box 68)
• Service Bulletin Admin. (Box 8)
• Service bulletin-hardware (Box 8)
• Service Bulletins
  • SB Master index via CAMS 12/79- 5/80) (2 fiche) (Box 42)
  • SB0001-SB4410 (12/79) (20 fiche) (Box 42)
• SMM17 program listings (Box 7)
• SMM17 programs (Box 7)
• SMM17 programs (Box 8)
• Software descriptions (Box 56)
• Solomon II Computer System (Box 52)
• STAR computer system (Boxes 33-34, 47, 63)
• SYSCAP (Box 41)
• System 2000 (Box 35)
• Systems configurators (Box 41)
• Tech Tips (Box 6)
• Telemetry system (Box 52)
• Time Critical Operating System (TCOS) (Box 52)
• Tool catalog (Box 6)
• Transacter system (Box 33)