1951 UNIVAC 1 Computer Basic System Components First Mass Produced Computer in U.S.

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Your contribution greatly helps! Thank you! ~ CHAP. -- We created this explanatory, educational overview of the 1951 UNIVAC 1 to show in more detail many of its basic components. Intro segment includes higher quality images than are contained in the original 1953 film. The 1953 film begins at index 5:52, followed by brief photo gallery. UNIVAC was the first mass produced business computer in the U.S., and opened the door to a successful line of commercial computing machines. The historical data in the film is well worth preserving and the introductory images may help add some clarity. Compilation by the Computer History Archives Project.

A large number of dedicated individuals have done a great deal to preserve the history of these early machines and those that followed. For more information, please visit some of the following excellent resources.

Sincere thanks to the following individuals and organizations.

Tony Buglione, Manager Ext. Communications, Media Relations, UNISYS

“Large Scale Scientific Computing at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,” (George Michael & others); Sam Coleman & others http://www.computer-history.info/

Alan Reiter’s UNIVAC history http://univac1.0catch.com/

Al Kossow’s Online Software Archive http://www.Bitsavers.org

VIPClubMN.org, (former employees of Unisys & predecessor companies), Lowell A. Benson, director/editor; Harvey Taipale, President; Ronald Smith, Historian, http://www.VIPClubMN.org and UNIVAC articles at http://vipclubmn.org/BlueBell.html

Ed Thelen, Computer Historian http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/

The Computer History Museum, Mountainview, CA
http://www.computerhistory.org

Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications & Computation (SMECC), Ed Sharpe Archivist , http://www.smecc.org/

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) archives

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (“LLNL”)

YouTube film Index:
0:06 Dedication
0:10 Prologue, Introduction
01:32 Introduction - Remington-Rand
02:15 Narration & Images – Supervisory Control Unit, Oscilloscope, Central Processing Unit,
Uniservo, Unityper, Uniprinter, Mercury Delay Line Memory, Vacuum tube circuits, Card-to-Tape Unit, High Speed Printer

05:47 Acknowledgments & Resources
05:52 Original Remington Rand Film 1953
23:25 Photo Gallery & Resources
24:26 Copyright Notice
24:29 Acknowledgements
24:41 Deleted Scene

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Original (1950's) UNIVAC material copyright by Unisys