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Remington-Rand Present the Univac

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UNIVAC is one of the earliest commercial computers and was easily the most famous computer of the 1950s. This film, produced between 1950 and 1952, shows how the UNIVAC computer was used in business, defense and by the census. The film shows several of the important portions of the UNIVAC system at work, including the high-speed printer, the UNISERVO tape drive, the UNITYPER, card readers and the mercury delay line tanks that served as main memory. The programming process is fully discussed and a business problem is demonstrated. These films served a promotional film as well as a way to demystify computers to the average person.

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: ComputerHistory

Length: 17:31
Rating: 4.84
Views: 19427

Tags: Automation  Computer  Documentary  Eckert-Mauchly  history  Office  Programming  Remington-Rand  Technology  UNIVAC  

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gman4dx266 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Nice...Tanks of Mercury! I bet the EPA is all like 'OMG SWEET!'
clydesight (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
FABULOUS video! Our computers history explained. I love these old 50's films. Wouldn't it be cool to see a TV ad, "HI, I'm a MAC and I'm A UNIVAC"?Thanks for the video!
oviwolf (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Ohhh,thanks for this AWESOME video! This computer is such an amazing machine! GREAT!
lancetexas999 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
wonder if it will run pacman
sirMAXX77 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
and the programmer lights up his uni-lighter and enjoys a uni-cigarette."uhh, pardon me boss. i'd hate to be a bother but my paycheck isn't right. i dont suppose you can reprint me another one? and my son would like one in holepunch form."
maxrioseco (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
ahaha smoking after programming, that was hilarious ... lol
musicom67 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Love how the Programmer lights up at 10:00. after figuring out his flowchart. Now he just needs his fifth cup of coffee...
TangomanX2008 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I am so glad that ever since the UNIVAC we have eliminated errors in payroll.
TangomanX2008 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
wow, this must have been a different era. While the narrator was discussing the application of computer data processing by scientists in the "atomic energy commision" it shows footage of an atomic explosion. I guess just as computer has come along way since then, so has public relations.
dms9zss (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Every generation believes they are the inventors. They truly are, except for those who came before. I was one of the truly hot nerds in a white lab coat working on UNIVAC.

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