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Oral history interview with James W. Birkenstock

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  • "Birkenstock discusses the metamorphosis of International Business Machines (IBM) from leader in the tabulating machine industry to leader in the data processing industry. He describes his involvement with magnetic tape development in 1947, the involvement of IBM in the Korean War, the development of the Defense Calculator and the 701 computer, and the emergence of magnetic core memory from the SAGE project. He recounts the entry of IBM into the commercial computer market with the 702."

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  • "History"
  • "Oral histories"

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  • "Oral history interview with James W. Birkenstock"