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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource I.P. Sharp Associates APL Collection Description An account of the resource I.P.Sharp Associates (IPSA) was formed in 1964 in Toronto as a software company by eight individuals including founding president Ian Sharp. From an exclusively Canadian company, it had evolved into an international software and communications firm. The company was actively involved in the development of the APL programming language from the language's introduction in mid 1960s. In 1969, IPSA offered its first commercial APL time-sharing system to customers in Canada and the United States. Since then, the company was continuously improving its dialect of APL known as SHARP APL. The software served as the operating and information processing environment for the I.P. Sharp's on-line time-sharing service. In the early 1970s, the access to IPSA's computer facilities were extended into Europe via trans-Atlantic cable. The I.P. Sharp network offered the company's communications capability, its on-line SHARP APL software and application program environment as well as public databases and libraries. In mid 1970s, IPSA introduced its own internally developed packet-switching network in Europe, and later world-wide. By the early 1980s, IPSA was best known for its reliable, high-performance, world-wide time-sharing system IPSANET -- one of the largest and most advanced in the world. By the end of the 1980s, IPSANET was available in over 800 cities in 80 countries and territories. IPSA had wholly-owned subsidiaries in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA, and West Germany. The company maintained one of the world's largest collections of on-line business-oriented data. Access to IPSANET was via a phone line which was a local call to a mainframe computer located at IPSA's computer center in Toronto. The network was successfully used by many international companies world-wide. Its success was due to its extent and reliability, its contents and services. Since mid 1980s, data could also be retrieved from the I.P. Sharp Online Service using a personal computer and downloaded efficiently for local analysis and processing by user programs or popular software such as LOTUS 1-2-3, VisiCalc, or Compu Trac. In 1987, I.P. Sharp was acquired by Reuters Holdings PLC. In 1993, a newly established software company Soliton Associates Ltd. of Toronto completed the acquisition of assets related to the APL software business from Reuters Information Services (Canada) Ltd, including SHARP APL software. In 2010, Soliton Associates Ltd of Toronto donated a large number of documents and other objects related to IPSA to York University Computer Museum. The donated technical manuals, corporate documents, photographs, books, journals, and newspapers once belonged to vast IPSA archives and technical library that were dismantled after the acquisition of the company by Reuters. For reasons of completeness, The Soliton SHARP APL Collection is supplemented with IPSA objects donated by other individuals and organizations. Abbreviations: <ul> <li>IPSA: I.P. Sharp Associates</li> <li>SAL: Soliton Associates Limited</li> <li>RISL: Reuters Information Services (Canada) Limited</li> <li>WK: items donated by William Kindree (former IPSA employee)</li> <li>RB: items donated by Robert Bernecky (former IPSA employee)</li> <li>RP: items donated by Roland Pesch (former IPSA employee)</li> <li>RPr: items donated by Richard Procter (former IPSA employee)</li> <li>GR: items donated by Gord Ramer (former MCM employee)</li> <li>DM: items donated by David Markwick (former IPSA employee)</li> <li>DSH, PHa: items donated by David Stewart Hosier and Paul Hansuld (former IPSA employees)</li> </ul> SOFTWARE <ul> <li>SAPL370, IPSA [RB]</li> <li>SHARP APL/PCX ver. 1, SHARP APL Release 17, IPSA, 1985 (3 5.25" diskettes) [RB]</li> <li>SHARP APL/PC ver. 1, SHARP APL Release 17, IPSA, 1985 (2 5.25" diskettes) [RB]</li> </ul> MANUALS, USER GUIDES, REPORTS <ul> <li>1970 [IPSA Box 1] <ul> <li>The Programmer's Manual for the IPSCOBOL Compiler, Preliminary Version, IPSA (29 November, 1970) [WK].</li> </ul> </li> <li>1971 [IPSA Box 1]  <ul> <li>The Programmer's Manual for the IPSCOBOL Compiler, IPSA (22 January, 1971) [WK].</li> </ul> </li> <li>1973 [IPSA Box 1] <ul> <li>APL PLUS Text Editor, IPSA (1973) [DM]</li> </ul> </li> <li>1975 [IPSA Box 1] <ul> <li>An Introduction to AIDS, IPSA (1975).</li> <li>SHARP APL, File Subsystem Instruction Manual, IPSA (1975) [WK].</li> </ul> </li> <li>1976 [IPSA Box 1] <ul> <li>SHARP APL Text Editor, IPSA (1976) [DM]</li> <li>SHARP APL File Subsystem Instruction Manual, IPSA (1976) [DM]</li> </ul> </li> <li>1977 [IPSA Box 1] <ul> <li>SHARP APL Applications Library Catalogue, IPSA (July 1977).</li> <li>File Conversions, IPSA (September 1977).</li> <li>SHARP APL Report Formatting, IPSA (October 1977). [RP]</li> <li>SHARP APL In Financial Analysis, IPSA (December 1977).</li> </ul> </li> <li>1978 [IPSA Box 1] <ul> <li>SHARP APL Text Editor, IPSA (February 1978).</li> <li>SHARP APL File System, IPSA (February 1978).</li> <li>SHARP APL Plot Facility, IPSA (March 1978).</li> <li>SHARP APL Graphics, IPSA (March 1978).</li> <li>CROSSTAB: A Crosstabulation Package, IPSA (April 1978).</li> <li>SHARP APL File System, IPSA (July 1978).</li> <li>ACTPAK: The SHARP APL Actuarial Package, IPSA (October 1978).</li> <li>Box-Jenkins in SHARP APL, IPSA (October 1978).</li> </ul> </li> <li>1979 [IPSA Box 1] <ul> <li>MAGIC for Time Series Analysis, IPSA (January 1979).</li> <li>X-11 in SHARP APL, IPSA (February 1979).</li> <li>Graduation, IPSA (February 1979).</li> <li>SHARP APL Functions for Statistical Analysis, IPSA (March 1979).</li> <li>P. Berry, SHARP APL Reference Manual, IPSA (March 1971).</li> <li>SHARP APL Message Passing Facility, IPSA (May 1979).</li> <li>Mailbox: Sharp APL Message Processing Facility, IPSA (May 1979).</li> <li>o6g Data Base Reference Guide, IPSA (May 1979).</li> <li>SHARP APL Report Formatting, IPSA (August 1979).</li> <li>STARS: A Storage and Retrieval Subsystem Users Manual, IPSA (November 1979).</li> </ul> </li> <li>1980 [IPSA Box 1] <ul> <li>MAGIC User's Manual, IPSA (1980).</li> <li>TEXTEDIT Users' Manual, IPSA (1980)</li> <li>SHARP APL Message Processing Facility, IPSA (May 1980).</li> <li>Mailbox: Sharp APL Message Processing Facility, IPSA (May 1980).</li> </ul> </li> <li>1981 [IPSA Box 1 and 1A] <ul> <li>CONSOL Reference Manual, IPSA (1981).</li> <li>CONSOL Illustrations, IPSA (1981).</li> <li>SAGA Reference Manual, IPSA (1981).</li> <li>SNAP User's Manual; SHARP Network Analysis for Projects, IPSA (1981).</li> <li>A SHARP APL Minicourse, IPSA (January 1981).</li> <li>Batch Tasks in SHARP APL, IPSA (February 1981).</li> <li>Sharp Special Systems, IPSA (March 1981).</li> <li>SHARP APL File System, IPSA (April 1981).</li> <li>P. Berry, SHARP APL Reference Manual, IPSA (June 1981).</li> <li>SHARP Operational Notes (SONS), IPSA (1 June, 1981).</li> <li>SHARP APL Internal Notes (SINS), IPSA (30 June, 1981).</li> <li>Lease Evaluation System User's Guide, IPSA (July 1981).</li> <li>Changes to MABRA, IPSA (November 1981).</li> <li>A Working Introduction to APL, APL educational material (student's set), I.P. Sharp Education Group (1981) [WK, Box 1A]; the set includes: <ul> <li>K.I. Iverson, A Working Introduction to APL, IPSA (1981).</li> <li>APL Language, IBM GC26-3874-4, File no. S370-22 (July 1978).</li> <li>P.Berry, SHARP APL Reference Manual, IPSA (June 1981).</li> </ul> </li> <li>A Working Introduction to APL, APL educational material (instructor's set), I.P. Sharp Education Group (1981) [WK, Box 1A]; the set includes: <ul> <li>K.I. Iverson, A Working Introduction to APL, instructor's handbook, IPSA (1981).</li> <li>APL Language, IBM GC26-3874-4, File no. S370-22 (July 1978).</li> <li>P.Berry, SHARP APL Reference Manual, IPSA (June 1981).</li> </ul> </li> <li>A Working Introduction to APL, 35mm slides, IPSA (1981) [WK, Box 1A].</li> </ul> </li> <li>1982 [IPSA Box 1] <ul> <li>FASTNET Users' Guide, IPSA (1982).</li> <li>XTABS User's Guide, IPSA (1982).</li> <li>Using the I.P. Sharp System: A Handbook for Nonprogrammers, IPSA (1982).</li> <li>APE: APL Program Editor, IPSA (May 1982).</li> <li>Sharp TSIO Users Guide, IPSA (May 1982).</li> <li>SHARP Operational Notes (SONS), IPSA (May 1982).</li> <li>SHARP Internal Notes (SINS), IPSA (May 1982).</li> <li>SHARP APL: Pocket Reference, IPSA (September 1982).</li> <li>SUPERPLOT: A Complete Plotting Package, IPSA (September 1982).</li> <li>SHARP Internal Notes (SINS), IPSA (November 1982).</li> <li>SHARP Operational Notes (SONS), IPSA (November 1982).</li> <li>SHARP Operational Notes (SONS): 1981, IPSA (November 1982).</li> <li>SHARP Technical Notes (STANS), IPSA (November 1982).</li> <li>SHARP APL, May 1982 Release, Summary of Changes, IPSA (November 1982).</li> <li>SHARP APL, Control Blocks and Data Areas, IPSA (November 1982).</li> <li>SHARP APL, Release Installation Guide, IPSA (November 1982).</li> <li>Public Data Bases Overview, IPSA (December 1982).</li> </ul> </li> <li>1983 [IPSA Box 2]  <ul> <li>MAGICSTORE User's Guide, IPSA (1983).</li> <li>MABRA Users' Guide, IPSA (1983).</li> <li>SIFT Users' Guide, IPSA (1983).</li> <li>LOGOS, An APL Programming Environment, (preliminary) IPSA (March, 1983). [DM]</li> <li>Applications Software Installation Package, IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP APL, System Administrator's Library: System Administrator's Guide, IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP APL, System Programmer's Library: SHARP APL Auxiliary Processors, IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP APL, System Programmer's Library: SHARP APL Supervisor Manual, IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP APL, System Programmer's Library: APE: APL Program Editor, IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP APL, System Programmer's Library: Major DSECTS and EQUATES, IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP Internal Notes (SINS), IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP Operational Notes (SONS), IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP APL, Operator's Library: Messages and Codes, IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP APL, System Monitor, IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP APL MVS System, May 1983 Release, Initial Distribution Installation Manual, IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP APL, May 1983 VSE Release Update Guide, IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP APL, May 1983 VSE Release Update Guide, Summary of Changes, IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP Internal Notes (SINS), IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP APL, May 1983 Release, Update #1, IPSA (August 1983).</li> <li>SHARP APL Release 15 (aka May 1983); binder of documents including: <ul> <li>SHARP APL, May 1983 VSE Release Update Guide, IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>Application Software Package, IPSA (May 1983).</li> <li>SHARP APL MVS System, May 1983 Release, Initial Distribution Installation Manual, IPSA (May 1983).</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li>1984 [IPSA Box 2] <ul> <li>SHARP APL, Sharp TSIO Users Guide, IPSA (1984).</li> <li>The SHARP APL Utility Library, version 1, 1 December, 1983, IPSA (January 1984).</li> <li>SHARP APL (MVS Host), May 1983 Release, Update #2 Guide, IPSA (January 1984).</li> <li>SHARP APL Systems, May 1983 Release, Update #2 Guide, Summary of Changes IPSA (January 1984).</li> <li>SHARP APL/PC Handbook, Preliminary Edition, SHARP APL/PC, Release 0, IPSA (14 February, 1984). [WK]</li> <li>SUPERPLOT Reference Card, IPSA (January 1984).</li> <li>Mailbox: Sharp APL Message Processing Facility, IPSA (March 1984).</li> <li>SHARP APL/PC, version 1, IPSA (March 1984). [RB]</li> <li>IPSANET, IPSA (March 1984).</li> <li>Information Manager's Tool Kit User Guide, v. 1.0, IPSA (March 1984);</li> <li>Commodities Data Base, IPSA (April 1984).</li> <li>SHARP APL (MVS Host), May 1983 Release, Update #3 Guide, IPSA (1 April 1984).</li> <li>SHARP APL (MVS Host), May 1983 Release, Update #3 Guide, Summary of Changes, IPSA (1 April 1984).</li> <li>SHARP APL Systems, System Programmer's Library: SHARP APL Supervisor Manual, IPSA (1 April, 1984).</li> <li>SHARP APL, Communications Processor, IPSA (19, April, 1984).</li> <li>X-11 in SHARP APL, IPSA (June 1984).</li> <li>WSDOC: SHARP APL Workspace Documentation Facility User's Guide, IPSA (September 1984).</li> <li>Mailbox Reference Card, IPSA (September 1984).</li> <li>SHARP APL: Pocket Reference, SHARP APL/370, SHARP APL/PC, IPSA (September 1984)</li> <li>IBM 3270 User Guide (IDSH), IPSA (December 1984).</li> <li>WSDOC User's Guide, IPSA (September 1984).</li> </ul> </li> <li>1985 [IPSA Box 3] <ul> <li>SHARP APL Release 17 User's Guide, SHARP APL/370, SHARP APL/PC, SHARP APL/PCX, IPSA (1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL, Major Dsects and Equates, Release 17, IPSA (15 January, 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL/PCX, Version 1, SHARP APL Release 17, IPSA (February 1985) [RB].</li> <li>SHARP APL/PC, Version 2, SHARP APL Release 17, IPSA (February 1985) [RB].</li> <li>SHARP APL, Release 17 User's Guide, SHARP APL/370, SHARP APL/PC, SHARP APL/PCX, IPSA (February 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL, System Programmer's Library: SHARP APL Supervisor Manual, IPSA (1 April, 1984).</li> <li>SHARP APL/370 MVS Release 17, Bridge to GDDM [AP126], IPSA (1 May, 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL, System Monitor, Release 17, IPSA (1 May, 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL, System Administrator's Guide, Release 17, IPSA (1 May, 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL, Utilities Manual, Release 17, IPSA (1 May, 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL, File and Workspace Utility Conversion, Release 17, IPSA (1 May, 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL, Messages and Codes, Release 17, IPSA (1 May, 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL/370, Release 17, MVS Host IPSA (1 May, 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL, Internal and Operational Changes, Release 17, IPSA (1 May, 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL, Upgrade Guide, Release 17, IPSA (1 May 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL, System Maintenance Guide, Release 17, IPSA (1 May, 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL, Auxiliary Processors, Release 17, IPSA (15 May, 1985).</li> <li>HCPRINT User's Guide, IPSA (June 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL/370 MVS Release 17, Bridge to GDDM, IPSA (August 1985).</li> <li>SUPERPLOT User's Guide, IPSA (November 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL, Upgrade Guide, Release 17 VSE, IPSA (11 December, 1985).</li> <li>MAILBOX/PC User's Guide, Ver. 1.1, IPSA (March 1985). [DM]</li> </ul> </li> <li>1986 [IPSA Box 3] <ul> <li>HSPRINT: SHARP APL/370 High-speed Print Facility User's Guide, IPSA (1986).</li> <li>Logos User's Guide, IPSA (1986).</li> <li>SHARP APL/370 Release 17.1, IPSA (January 1986).</li> <li>VSDI User's Guide, Preliminary edition; SHARP APL/370 VSAM Data Set Auxiliary Processor (VSDI), IPSA (January 1986).</li> <li>SHARP APL Systems, Release Update 17.2, IPSA (April 1986).</li> <li>ECS: An Electronic Conferencing System User's Guide, IPSA (May 1986).</li> <li>SHARP APL/370 Release 17.3, IPSA (July 1986).</li> <li>Data Center Master Index, SHARP APL/370 System Documentation, release 17, IPSA (July 1986).</li> <li>SHARP APL/370 Release 17.4, IPSA (August 1986).</li> <li>INFOMAGIC User's Guide, IPSA (October 1986).</li> </ul> </li> <li>1987 [IPSA Box 3] <ul> <li>SHARP APL/370 Release 19 Internal and Operational Changes, IPSA (31 March, 1987).</li> <li>Release 19 Guide for APL Programmers, Sharp APL Distributed Sites, SHARP APL/370, IPSA (March 1987).</li> <li>MAILBOX Line Mode User's Guide, IPSA (June 1987).</li> <li>MAILBOX LinMAILBOX/PC User's Guidee Mode Reference Card, IPSA (December 1987). [RPr]</li> <li>MAILBOX/PC User's Guide, IPSA (July 1987). [DM]</li> <li>FILESORT User's Guide, Sharp APL/370 Sort Facility (FILESORT), SHARP APL/370 Release 19,  (March 1987). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>SHARP APL System Administrator's Guide, SHARP APL/370, Release 19, IPSA (March, 1987) [DM]</li> <li>SHARP APL System Auxiliary Processor Manual, SHARP APL/370, Release 19, IPSA (March, 1987) [DM]</li> <li>SHARP APL/370 Release 19 Upgrade Guide, IPSA (20 July, 1987).</li> <li>SHARP APL Utilities Manual, SHARP APL/370, Release 19, IPSA (March, 1987) [DM]</li> <li>SACF 1.0. SHARP APL/370 Interface to External ACF, SHARP APL Systems Release Update 19.4, IPSA (31 August, 1987).</li> <li>HCPRINT User's Guide, SHARP APL/370  Hard Copy Print Facility (HCPRINT), SHARP APL/370 Release 19,  (March 1987). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>File Conversions, IPSA (September 1987).</li> <li>SIGNON Procedures To Access the I.P. Sharp Online Services, IPSA (October 1987).</li> <li>MAIBOX/Line Mode, reference card, IPSA (December 1987).</li> <li>SHARP APL Document Interchange System, Release 1.0, IPSA (1987) [DM]</li> <li>SSQL User's Guide, SHARP APL/370 Interface to DB2 (SQL), SHARP APL/370 Release 19, IPSA (March 1987). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>Release 19 Guide for APL Programmers, SHARP APL/370, IPSA (March 1987). [DSH, PHa]</li> </ul> </li> <li>1988 [IPSA Box 3] <ul> <li>SAX. Program Logic Manual, edition 1.5, IPSA (1988).</li> <li>Release 19.8 Update for APL Programmers, Sharp APL/370, IPSA (January 1988).</li> <li>SHARP APL/370 Release Update 19.8, []FM Function Monitor Facility User Guide, IPSA (January 1988). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>SHARP APL/370 Release 19.8, Installation Planning Guide, IPSA (May 1988).</li> <li>SIGNON Procedures To Access the I.P. Sharp Online Services, IPSA (August 1988).</li> <li>VIEWPOIMAILBOX/PC User's GuideNT reference card, IPSA (August 1988).</li> <li>SHARP APL System Overview, IPSA (September 1988).</li> </ul> </li> <li>1989 [IPSA Box 4] <ul> <li>MAGIC, keyword reference, IPSA (February 1989).</li> <li>INFOMAGIC User's Guide, IPSA (April 1989). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>VIEWPOINT, User's Guide to Mailbox, IPSA (August 1989). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>VIEWPOINT, reference booklet, IPSA (August 1989).</li> <li>SHARP APL Release 20, Guide for APL Programmers, IPSA (September 1989).</li> <li>SHARP APL Release 20, Internal and Operational Changes, IPSA (September 1989).</li> <li>SHARP APL Release 20, Upgrade Guide, IPSA (September 1989).</li> <li>SHARP APL Release 20, Installation Planning Guide, IPSA (September 1989).</li> <li>R. Bernecky, ACORN: APL to C on Real Numbers, IPSA Research Report, 1989-2 (1989).</li> </ul> </li> <li>1990 [IPSA Box 4] <ul> <li>VIEWPOINT 2.3, Installation Instructions, IPSA (1990?).</li> <li>VIEWPOINT 2.3, Release Notes, IPSA (1990).</li> <li>VIEWPOINT 2.3: DB2 Direct View, supplement to the Viewpoint Reference Manual, IPSA (1990).</li> <li>VIEWPOINT 2.3 UPGRADE, Supplementary Documentation, IPSA (1990).</li> <li>SHARP APL: Pocket Reference, SHARP APL/370, SHARP APL/PC, RISL (September 1990).</li> <li>LOGOS, Pocket Reference, RISL (1990). [RPr]</li> <li>Document Interchange System, Installation and Operation Manual, RISL (1990). [DM]</li> <li>Document Interchange System, Overview, RISL (1990). [DM]</li> </ul> </li> <li>1991 [IPSA Box 4] <ul> <li>SHARP APL Version 20 Performance Package, Internal and Operational Changes, RISL (1991).</li> <li>SHARP APL Version 20 Performance Package, Upgrade Guide, RISL (1991).</li> <li>NSVP 1.2 User's Guide, RISL (1991). [RPr]</li> </ul> </li> <li>1992 [IPSA Box 4] <ul> <li>SHARP APL 4.0 for UNIX, APL Software Division, RISL (1992).</li> <li>VIEWPOINT DBIUTILS USER's GUIDE, RISL (1992).</li> </ul> </li> <li>1993 [IPSA Box 4] <ul> <li>Mailbox Steward's Guide, Version 9.3 Update, SAL (1993).</li> <li>MAILBOX Installation Guide, Version 9.3 Update, SAL (1993).</li> <li>VIEWPOINT 2.3.2, Instruction Sheet, SAL (May 1993).</li> </ul> </li> <li>1994 [IPSA Box 4] <ul> <li>SHARP APL for MVS. MVSLink 1.5 Installation Guide, SAL (1994).</li> <li>SHARP APL for MVS. MVSLink 1.5 Configuration, Operation, and Maintenance Guide, SAL (1994).</li> <li>SHARP APL for MVS. Guide for APL Programmers, Version 21, SAL (1994).</li> </ul> </li> <li>1995 [IPSA Box 4] <ul> <li>SHARP APL for MVS. Performance Package Upgrade Guide, SAL (1995).</li> <li>SHARP APL for MVS. Performance Package, Internal and Operational Changes, SAL (1995).</li> <li>Socket Client Library: System Administrator's Guide, SAL (199?).</li> <li>Socket Interface User's Guide, v. 1.1, SAL (1995).</li> </ul> </li> <li>1998 [IPSA Box 4] <ul> <li>SHARP APL for MVS. TSIO User's Guide, Version 2.0, SAL (1998).</li> <li>SHARP APL for MVS. TSIO Upgrade Guide, Version 2.0, SAL (1998).</li> <li>SHARP APL for MVS. AVAM Upgrade Guide, Version 2.0, SAL (1998).</li> <li>SHARP APL for MVS. AVAM Configuration, Operation, and Maintenance, Version 2.0, SAL (1998).</li> </ul> </li> <li>1999 [IPSA Box 4] <ul> <li>SHARP APL for VMS, Supervisory Manual, SAL (1999).</li> <li>Advanced SHARP APL Shared Variables, RISL (199?).</li> <li>FXOrderwatch: Benchmarking Guide, RISL (10 June, 1999).</li> </ul> </li> <li>2000 [IPSA Box 4] <ul> <li>SHARP APL, Socket Client Library, User's Guide, SAL (2000). [RPr]</li> <li>SHARP APL, Socket Client Library, System Administrator's Guide, SAL (2000).</li> <li>Auxiliary Processors Manual (Revised Contents), SHARP APL for MVS, SAL (2000).</li> <li>SHARP APL for OS/390. NSVP TCP/IP Device Driver Installation Guide, SAL (2000).</li> <li>SHARP APL for OS/390. Pocket Reference , SAL (2000). [RPr]</li> <li>SHARP APL for UNIX, Upgrade Guide, version 6.0, SAL (2000). [RPr]</li> </ul> </li> </ul> IPSA INTERNAL and CORPORATE DOCUMENTS [IPSA Box 4] <ul> <li>APL Project to Date: May 27/69, APL Seminar, IPSA (1969). [WK, Int 27]</li> <li>APL Project to Date: May 29/69,, IPSA (1969). [WK, Int 27]</li> <li>User Related Changes, IPSA (December 1980). [Int 15]</li> <li>A Company Profile, IPSA (January 1980). [Int 18]</li> <li>Security of Software Development and System Maintenance, IPSA PM-81-5013-06B (August 1981). [Int 19]</li> <li>Several internal I.P. Sharp memos and letters, 1980--1983. [Int 24]</li> <li>SHARP APL Program Product Installations (November 1981). [Int 17]</li> <li>Minutes of ZOO and SDOC Planning meetings (1982--1984). [Int 3]</li> <li>Workspace Documentation for 3150815 MAILSRC, version 19.33.17 (19 October, 1983).</li> <li>In-House Billing, Workspace Documentation for 1524301 BILLMAINT, version 14.43.12, 05/02/83, IPSA (1983).</li> <li>In-House Billing, Workspace Documentation for 1524301 INHSETUP, version 15.57.31, 01/06/83, IPSA (1983).</li> <li>In-House Billing, Workspace Documentation for 1524301 INHBILL, version 15.23.05, 10/07/83, IPSA (10 October, 1983).</li> <li>I.P.Sharp internal guidelines for negotiating contracts for the SHARP APL Program Product, 1983. [Int 1]</li> <li>Portfolio of documents of IPSA 1985 annual meeting of shareholders; the portfolio includes (among other documents) the notice of meeting and 1984 financial statements. [WK, Int 29]</li> <li>SHARP APL Release 17, various internal documents (1985). [Int 11]</li> <li>Documents concerning SHARP APL/VSE product (1985-86). [Int 22]</li> <li>D. Mason, Corporate Image -- Research and Technology Contributions, memo (22 May, 1986). [Int 23]</li> <li>I.P. Sharp Associates Limited International Offices (March 1986). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>I.P. Sharp Associates Limited organizational structure (19 March, 1987). [Int 18]</li> <li>Minutes of meetings, budgets, mission statements of various IPSA groups: Software Group, ZDIST, RATS, Group 91, WET (1983-1988). [Int 20]</li> <li>SHARP APL/370 Morgan-Stanley Custom Contract: #FM Beta Test Site, IPSA (1987). [Int 12]</li> <li>D. Webb, The SHARP APL\370 Interpreter Major Control Blocks, IPSA (1987). [Int 16]</li> <li>A. Atkey, Comparing SHARP APL and APL2: A Management Overview (May 1987). [Int 4]</li> <li>Release 19.3 of SHARP APL/370 documentation and product announcement (October 1987). [Int 13]</li> <li>Release Update 19.5 of SHARP APL/37, VTH 1.0 Installation Guide, and other documentation (20 November, SHARP1987). [Int 14]</li> <li>SAPL/CMS Requirements Specification (December 1987). [Int 19]</li> <li>SVP, NSVP, SSQL internal documentation (1988). [Int 7]</li> <li>APLMON 2.0, Release 19.6 documentation (April/May 1988). [Int 8]</li> <li>Release 19.8 of SHARP APL/370 documentation (May 1988). [Int 2]</li> <li>Release 19, known problems list (1987-88) [Int 6].</li> <li>Release 19, benchmark test results (July 1988). [Int 6]</li> <li>SHARP APL, Release 19.12, upgrade checklist, instruction checklist, and other documentation (April-August 1988). [Int 10]</li> <li>SSQL upgrade checklist (9 July, 1988). [Int 9]</li> <li>IPSA press releases. [Int 21]</li> <li>MVS/ESA update documentation (December 1988). [Int 5]</li> <li>SHARP APL System Overview, I.P. SHARP Software, IPSA (September 1988).</li> <li>Presentations and other documents from the Internal Technical Exchange Seminar, (ITES), IPSA/RISL (7 June, 1989). [Int 28]</li> <li>Shape, the IPSA Application Development Platform: An Overview of Shape's Principles, Internal Technical Memorandum, IPSA (December 1989). [Int 26]</li> <li>The announcement of the formation of the APL Software Division at RISL, RISL (November 1991). [Int 25]</li> </ul> PROMOTIONAL LITERATURE, CATALOGUES, PRODUCT and PRICE LISTS [IPSA Box 5] <ul> <li>IPS COBOL, IPSA (1970). [Pro 1]</li> <li>A guide to SHARP APL, IPSA (1973). [Pro 1]</li> <li>IPSA 100 Video Data Terminal, brochure (197?). [WK, Pro 1]</li> <li>SHARP APL on your In-house Computer, IPSA (1980). [Pro 2]</li> <li> MAILBOX, IPSA (February 1981). [Pro 3]</li> <li>How to Make Project Planning a SNAP: A modern approach to computerized project planning, IPSA (March 1982). [Pro 2]</li> <li>Public Workspaces Catalogue, IPSA (1982).</li> <li>MAGICSTORE: Multidimensional Data Storage and Retrieval System, IPSA (1983). [Pro 3]</li> <li>MABRA Solves Information management Puzzle, IPSA (June 1983). [Pro 3]</li> <li>System Software Catalogue, IPSA (November 1983). [Pro 4]</li> <li>I.P.Sharp Associates: An Overview, IPSA (March 1984). [Pro 1]</li> <li>MABRA Solves the Information Management Puzzle, IPSA (June 1984). [Pro 3]</li> <li>IPSANET: I.P. Sharp Communications Network, IPSA (May 1985). [Pro 1]</li> <li>Personal SHARP APL, IPSA (January 1986). [Pro 3]</li> <li>SHARP APL product announcements, technical overviews and price lists 1987-1993. [Pro 5, Pro 6]</li> <li>APLMON, IPSA (May 1988). [Pro 1]</li> <li> MAILBOX, IPSA (August 1988). [Pro 1]</li> <li>We share more with our worldwide clients than just computer time, IPSA (198?). [Pro 1]</li> <li>The Distributed SHARP APL System On Your Computer, IPSA (198?). [Pro 2]</li> <li>I.P. Sharp Associates APL Time-Sharing Network in Europe, IPSA (January 1983). [Pro 2]</li> <li>Discover SHARP APL for the IBM PC, IPSA (198?). [Pro 3]</li> <li>SHARP APL. Put the power to work for you, SAL (199?). [Pro 2]</li> <li>SHARP APL Release 19, 19.12, and 20 promotional material, RISL and SAL (1991-93). [Pro 6]</li> </ul> NEWSLETTERS and MAGAZINES [IPSA Box 5] <ul> <li>APL Newsletter, IPSA holdings: no. 3, May and no. 5, July, 1969.</li> <li>I.P. Sharp Newsletter, IPSA holdings: October (1969) [WK], June/July (1973), and vol 2(?) (February/March 1974) to vol. 12 (1984).</li> <li>IPSA Investment Club Newsletter, IPSA holdings: no. 2 (26 February, 1969) [WK], and no. 3 (1 May, 1969). [WK]</li> <li>I.P. Sharp Financial & Economic Newsletter, IPSA holdings: vol. 3, no. 3 (1983), and vol. 4, no. 1 and 2 (1984).</li> <li>IPSA News, IPSA holdings: vol. 13, no. 1 (June 1985). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>Insite News: IPSA's newsletter for inhouse sites, IPSA holdings: vol. 2, no. 1--3 (1987) and vol. 3, no. 1--2 (1988).</li> </ul> APL CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, SEMINARS [IPSA Box 6 and Box 7] <ul> <li>Colloque APL, Enseignement et Application du Langage APL, Paris, 9--10 September, Institut de Recherche D'Informatique et D'Automatique (IRIA) (1971). [WK]</li> <li>Proceedings of the Fifth International APL Users' Conference (APL V), Toronto, 15--18 May, APL Technical Committee (1973). [WK]</li> <li>Proceedings of the APL Congress 73, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22--24 August, P. Gjerlov, H.J. Helms, and J. Nielsen (eds.), North-Holland (1973). [WK]</li> <li>Proceedings of the Sixth International APL Users Conference, Anaheim, Ca., 14--17 May, Coast Community College District (1974). [WK]</li> <li> Proceedings of the Sixth International APL Users Conference, May 14--17, Anaheim, California, Coast Community College District (1974). [WK]</li> <li>APL 75 Congress, proceedings, June 11--13, Pisa, Italy (1975). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li> APL 76, proceedings of the APL76 Conference, Ottawa, 22--24 September, G.T. Hunter (ed), ACM Press (1976). [WK]</li> <li>Archive of the 1978 APL Users Meeting, September 18-20, Toronto; the archive includes: An APL Users Meeting conference proceedings, IPSA (1978); binder of the meeting's organization documents, and photographs taken during the event [in IPSA Box ?].</li> <li>APL 79 Conference Proceedings, Rochester, New York, 30 May - 1 June, ACM Press,  APL Quote Quad, vol. 9, no. 4 (June 1979). [DM]</li> <li>Archive of the 1980 APL Users Meeting, October 6-8, Toronto; the archive includes: 1980 APL Users Meeting proceedings, IPSA (1980); conference registration material; over 500 photographs, photograph negatives, and pre-prints of photographs taken during the event [in IPSA Box ?].</li> <li>APL 81 Conference Proceedings, San Francisco, Ca., October 21-23, W.L. Anderson and D.G. Smith (eds.), ACM Press,  APL Quote Quad, vol. 12, no. 1 (September 1981).</li> <li> APL 82 Conference Proceedings, Heidelberg, Germany, July 26-30, W.H. Janko and W. Stucky (eds), ACM Press, APL Quote Quad, vol. 13, no. 1, ACM (September 1982).</li> <li>Archive of the 1982 APL Users Meeting, October 4-6, Toronto; the archive includes: 1982 APL Users Meeting Proceedings, vol. 1 and 2, IPSA (1982); Workshop Reports; conference registration package; K.W. Keirstead, An Introduction to APL for Managers,, tutorial, and 1982 APL Users Meeting schedule.</li> <li>APL82, conference announcement and registration form (1982).</li> <li>APL83 Conference Proceedings, Washington, D.C., April 10-13, L.A. Russell and D.M. Weintraub (eds), ACM Press, APL Quote-Quad vol. 13, no. 3 (March 1983).</li> <li>IPSA Distributed Software Symposium, Toronto, November 14--17, 1983, conference materials, IPSA (1983).</li> <li>APL84 Conference Proceedings, Finland, June 11-15, ACM Press, APL Quote-Quad vol. 14, no. 4 (June 1984) [RP].</li> <li>The Information Center and Changing Technologies, 1984 APL Users Meeting, October 15-17, Toronto, IPSA (1984);</li> <li>1984 APL Users Meeting, binder of conference material.</li> <li>APL85 Conference Proceedings, Seattle, Washington, May 12-16, J.A. Turner (ed.), ACM Press, APL Quote-Quad vol. 15, no. 4 (1985). [RP]</li> <li>APL86: APL in Action, Conference Proceedings, Manchester, England, July 7-11, J. Ziemann (ed.), joint publication of ACM Press, APL Quote-Quad vol. 16, no. 4 (1986) and Special Edition of VECTOR. [RP]</li> <li>APL86 Tutorials, Manchester, England, July 7-11, A. Camacho (ed.), British APL Association (1986). [RP]</li> <li>APL87: APL In Transition, Conference Proceedings, May 10-14, Dallas, Texas, J. Haliburton (ed), ACM Press, APL Quote-Quad vol. 17, no. 4 (1987).</li> <li>APL88, Conference Proceedings, February 1-5, Sydnay, Australia, L.J. Dickey and L.C. Shaw (eda), ACM Press, APL Quote-Quad vol. 18, no. 2 (December 1987). [RP]</li> <li>APL89: APL as a Tool of Thought, Conference Proceedings,, New York City, August 7-10, A. Kertesz and L.C. Shaw (eds), ACM Press, APL Quote-Quad vol. 19, no. 4 (August 1989).</li> <li>IPSA Internal Technical Exchange Seminar, (ITES), IPSA/RISL (7 June, 1989). [Box 4, Int 28]</li> <li>APL90: For the Future, Conference Proceedings, Denmark, P. Gjerlov (ed.), ACM Press, APL Quote-Quad vol. 20, no. 4 (July 1990). [RP]</li> <li>APL91: The International Conference on APL Conference Proceedings, Palo Alto CA, J.M. Engel (ed.), ACM Press, APL Quote-Quad vol. 21, no. 4 (August 1991). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>The World of SHARP APL, Toronto, July 6, 1992, forum program and registration form, RISL (July 1992). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>International Conference on APL, St. Petersburg, Russia,  July 6-10, L.C. Shaw (ed), APL Quote Quad, vol. 23, no. 1 (July 1992). [DSH,PHa]</li> <li>APL93, Taking a closer look, Conference Proceedings, International Conference on APL, Toronto, August 15--19, E.M. Anzalone (ed), ACM Press, APL Quote Quad, vol. 24, no. 1 (August 1993). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>Video recordings from APL93 [RB]: <ul> <li>K. Iverson, Teaching Calculus, 15 August, 1993, (VHS tape T1, also a DVD copy);</li> <li>D. McIntyre, An Introduction to J, part 1, 15 August, 1993 (VHS tape T2, also a DVD copy);</li> <li>R. Vaughan, APL for Actuaries, 15 August, 1993 (VHS tape T3);</li> <li>D. McIntyre, An Introduction to J, parts 1, 2, 17 August, 1993 (VHS tape T7, also a DVD copy);</li> <li>G. Langlet, Building an APL Atlas of Natural Shapes, 17 August, 1993 (VHS tape T8);</li> <li>T. More, Transfinite Nesting in Array-Theoretic Figures, Changes, Rigs & Arms, 17 August, 1993 (VHS tape T9);</li> <li>A GUI Standard for APL, panel, 17 August, 1993 (VHS tape T10);</li> <li>P. Lukasha, Learning Modern Algebra, 18 August, 1993 (VHS tape T13);</li> <li>APL Help Facility, Casa Loma Banquet 18 August, 1993 (VHS tape T14).</li> </ul> </li> <li>Proceedings of the APL94: APL and its Applications International Conference, Antwerp, Belgium, September 11--15, Alain Delmotte (ed), ACM Press, APL Quote Quad, vol. 25, no. 1 (September 1994). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>International Conference on APL, San Antonio, Texas, June 4-8, 1995, M. Griffiths and D. Whitehouse (eds), APL Quote Quad, vol. 25, no. 4 (June 1995). [DSH,PHa]</li> <li>Proceedings of the APL96 Conference, Lancaster University, England, July 29--August 1, ACM SIGAPL, APL Quote Quad, vol. 26, no. 4 (June 1996). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>Archive of the APL97 Conference, August 17--20, Toronto; the archive includes conference proceedings and a binder of conference documents.</li> <li>Proceedings of the APL99: On Track to the 21st Century International Conference, Scranton, Pennsylvania, August 10--14, O. Lefevre (ed), ACM SIGPAL, APL Quote Quad, vol. 29, no. 2 (December 1998). [DSH, PHa]</li> </ul> PHOTOGRAPHS <ul> <li>1978 APL Users Meeting, September 18--20, Toronto; two photographs.</li> <li>1980 APL Users Meeting, October 6--8, Toronto; 17 photographs and over 500 photograph negatives and pre-prints of photographs taken during the event.</li> <li>1982 APL Users Meeting, October 4--6, Toronto; 26 photographs and pre-prints of photographs taken during the event.</li> <li>1984 APL Users Meeting, October 15--17, 1984, Toronto; over 100 photographs taken during the event.</li> <li>APL91 Conference, various photographs.</li> <li>APL93 Conference, August 15--19, Toronto: over 220 photographs.</li> <li>APL94 Conference, Belgium: Soliton Assoc. (?) team; 6 photographs.</li> <li>Annual APL(?) Party, 1999, The Elmood, 18 photographs.</li> <li>Toronto APL SIG, 23 September, 1996; two photographs of Roger Hui receiving the Kenneth E. Iverson Award from Bob Bernecky.</li> </ul> APL BOOKS, ARTICLES, and OTHER PUBLICATIONS <ul> <li>APL Quote-Quad: The Early Years, (A.E. Azzarello (ed), APL Press, Palo Alto (1982).</li> <li>P.S. Abrams and G. Lacourly, Informatique Par Telephone, Langage de Programmation APL, Hermann, Paris (1972).</li> <li>L. Alvord, Probability in APL, APL Press, Palo Alto, Ca. (1984).</li> <li>J.W. Buckley et al, Management Problem-Solving with APL. A Guide to the Solution of Typical Accounting and Finance Problems Through APL Time-Sharing, John Wiley & Sons (1974).</li> <li>P. Berry, How the Package Data-Type Has Affected Programming, IPSA, Palo Alto, Ca.</li> <li>P. Berry, What the User Really Learns, lecture presented during the, APL83 meeting in Washington, D.C. (1983).</li> <li>C.B. Cameron, APL gains popularity for many good reasons, Computing Canada (14 October, 1980).</li> <li>A.D. Falkoff and K.E. Iverson, APL\360: User's Manual, IBM(August 1968). [WK]</li> <li>A.D. Falkoff and K.E. Iverson, A Source Book in APL, APL Press, Palo Alto (1981).</li> <li>L. Gilman and A.J. Rose, APL: An Interactive Approach, John Wiley & Sons (1974).</li> <li>L.D. Grey, A Course in APL with Applications,, Addison-Wesley (1976).</li> <li>E. Harms and M.P. Zabinski, Introduction to APL and Computer Programming, John Wiley & Sons (1977).</li> <li>K.E. Iverson, Rationalized APL, IPSA (January 6, 1983). [RPr]</li> <li>K.E. Iverson, Mathematics for Programmers (July 1986).</li> <li>K.E. Iverson, Mathematics and Programming (July 1986).</li> <li>K.E. Iverson, Applied Mathematics and Programming (July 1986).</li> <li>K.E. Iverson, Operators and Functions, IBM Research Report RC 7091, #30399 (26 June, 1978).</li> <li>K.E. Iverson, A Concise Dictionary of APL, IPSA (July, 1986).[RPr]</li> <li>K.E. Iverson, A Dictionary of APL, IPSA (March, 1987).</li> <li>K.E. Iverson, Tangible Math, includes software (20 July, 1989).</li> <li>K.E. Iverson, APL seeks wider user appeal. Canadian Datasystems (October 1981). [in IPSA Box 1A]</li> <li>K.E. Iverson, Introducing APL to Teachers. APL Press, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (1976).</li> <li>K.E. Iverson, Introduction to APL (includes software), APL Press, Palo Alto, Ca. (1984).</li> <li>K.E. Iverson, APL Language, APL Press, Palo Alto, Ca. (1984).</li> <li>P.M. Kendall, The Bytocratic Revolution, Intermarket (April 1986).</li> <li>J. Kirchner, Data Base Stores Congressional Voting Records, Computerworld (9 June, 1980).</li> <li>W.R. LePage, Applied APL Programming,Prentice-Hall (1978).</li> <li>E.E. McDonnell, the four cube problem: a case study in basic, apl, and functional programming, APL Press, Palo Alto Ca. (1981).</li> <li>T.J. Mock and M.A. Vasarhelyi, APL for Management, Melville Publishing Co., Los Angeles (1972).</li> <li>J.T. Monk and K.M. Landis, Canadian Data Vendor Sets Historic Pricing Standards, Wall Street Computer Review (March 1987).</li> <li>T. Nishikawa, APL as Rosetta Stone Language, Science House, Tokyo (1989).</li> <li>R. Oerth(?), Sharp APL at Credit Suisse (GLS), presentation (1994).</li> <li>S. Pakin, APL\360 Reference Manual, 2nd ed., Science Research Associates Inc. (1972).</li> <li>S. Pakin, APL: A Short Course, Prentice-Hall (1973).</li> <li>J.B. Rocheste, APL: A Programming Language, an interview with Ken Iverson, reprint from Computerworld (15 February, 1982).</li> <li>APL in Practice: What You Need to Know to Install and Use Successful APL Systems and Major Applications, Washington, D.C., 9-11 April, 1980, A.J. Rose and B.A. Schick (eds), John Wiley & Sons (1980).</li> <li>K.W. Smillie, APL\360 with Statistical Examples, Addison-Wesley (1974).</li> <li>D. Thomas, The Invisible Empire of Ian Sharp, Canadian Bu$iness (September 1983).</li> <li>APL Language: reference manual for K.E. Iverson's self-study course Introduction to APL. APL Press, Palo Alto, Ca. (1984).</li> <li>I.P. Sharp, the impact of electronic mail on management functions, Business Quarterly (summer 1981).</li> </ul> OTHER DOCUMENTS <ul> <li>Margot S. Tate, Corporate U.S.A: Revenue and Expense System Documentation (October 1979).</li> <li>SHARP APL notes (handwritten), author unknown (1985).</li> <li>PLOT demo, IPSA (1982?).</li> <li>I.P. Sharp Associates Customer Education, course information on SHARP APL, IPSA (May 1978). [WK]</li> <li>I.P. Sharp Associates Customer Education, Toronto Course Schedule July through December 1982 covering The APL Programming Language and The SHARP APL System (May 1982), IPSA (May 1982). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>I.P. Sharp Associates Customer Education, Toronto Course Schedule July through December 1982 covering Public Data Bases and Applications Software Packages, IPSA (November 1981). [DSH, PHa]</li> <li>Soliton News releases: Toronto, May 1993; Toronto, July 19, 1993; Toronto, August 16, 1993.</li> <li>REUTERS Advanced SHARP APL Language Elements, RISL; package includes (among other items): <ul> <li>SHARP APL, Release 17 User's Guide, Sharp APL/370, APL/PC, APL/PCX, IPSA (February 1985);</li> <li>Release 19 Guide for APL Programmers, Sharp APL Distributed Sites, Sharp APL/370, IPSA (March 1987);</li> <li>Release 19.8 Update for APL Programmers, Sharp APL/370, IPSA (January 1988);</li> <li>Sharp APL Release 20.0, Guide for for APL Programmers, Sharp APL/370, IPSA (September 1989).</li> </ul> </li> <li>SHARP APL Release 17, IPSA [Box IPSA ?, 1985]; package includes: <ul> <li>SHARP APL Release 17 User's Guide, SHARP APL/370, SHARP APL/PC, SHARP APL/PCX, IPSA (1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL, Internal and Operational Changes, Release 17, IPSA (1 May, 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL, Upgrade Guide, Release 17, IPSA (1 May 1985).</li> <li>SHARP APL/370 Release 17.1, IPSA (January 1986).</li> <li>SHARP APL Systems, Release Update 17.2, IPSA (April 1986).</li> <li>SHARP APL/370 Release 17.3, IPSA (July 1986).</li> <li>SHARP APL/370 Release 17.4, IPSA (August 1986).</li> <li>SHARP APL/370 Release 17.6, FILESORT Upgrade IPSA (20 July, 1987).</li> <li>SHARP APL, Upgrade Guide, Release 17 VSE, IPSA (11 December, 1985).</li> </ul> </li> <li>Mike Symes, SHARP APL Socket Server Manager (SSM), SAL(?) (1 November, 1998).</li> <li>Mike Symes, The HTTP server, SAL(?), (13 November, 1998).</li> <li>Mike Symes, The FTP server, SAL(?) (November 1998?).</li> <li>SHARP APL System invoices (1974-75). [WK]</li> </ul> Subject The topic of the resource <img src="http://museum1.eecs.yorku.ca/www_decorations/ipsa_logo.jpg" alt="Logo" width="15%" height="15%" border="0" /> Documents and other objects released, published by, or related to I.P. Sharp Associates (IPSA). collection listing a list of artifacts in a collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource APL Images & Photographs Subject The topic of the resource photographs and digital images Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1960s-1990s Relation A related resource Soliton SHARP APL Collection Listing, MCM Collection Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource digital listing Type The nature or genre of the resource collection listing Description An account of the resource photographs and digital images related to the APL programming language https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/25ba975af1f82f6da34478cd12442b4b.jpg d416b9441d570c79c8c8bb2ca531e005 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RIM Blackberry 5810 and 5820 Smartphones Subject The topic of the resource hardware: smartphones Description An account of the resource Historical Context In the last decade of the 20th century, rapidly developing wireless communications infrastructure introduced millions of users to wireless data and voice communications using pagers and cellular phones (cellphones). At that time, it was not unusual for a person to simultaneously carry a mobile phone, a pager, and personal digital assistant (PDA). The inconvenience of carrying all such devices to manage information and communication made the convergence of technologies and functionalities represented by these different devices into one communications package inevitable. The IBM Simon Personal Communicator (or IBM Simon) was the first such communications package -- the first "smartphone". Introduced in 1995, Simon handheld was a cellular phone, a pager and a PDA. However, its high price, short battery life, and far from convenient data entry led to poor sales. By the turn of the century, several companies, including Research in Motion (RIM), introduced their first smartphones. The success of these devices spelled the end of pagers ad PDAs in the workplace. The first two smartphones in what would become a long and successful line of RIM smartphones were the BlackBerry 5810 and 5820. The 5810 was introduced in the US on March 4, 2002 during Comdex in Chicago (the smartphone was offered in Canada on Rogers AT&T; Wireless in April 2002). The 5820 was introduced in UK a few months earlier and, eventually, was offered world wide. It was a variant of the 5810 that operated on different frequencies. The 5810 and 5820 smartphones combined wireless phone capabilities with wireless data services offered by RIM's pagers, services such as email and anytime, anywhere access to the Internet. In its March 4, 2002 press release, RIM stressed that its 5810 smartphone "integrates the award-winning features of the secure BlackBerry wireless email solution with the convenience of built-in phone. This breakthrough in wireless convergence delivers email, phone, SMS, browser, and organizer features in a single, sleek handheld that is "Always On, Always Connected"." Both smartphones used the housing designed for the RIM 957 pager. They were equipped with an earpiece and a microphone for hands-free phone calls that allowed the simultaneous use of these devices as PDAs during such calls. Software for all the pagers offered by RIM were written in C++. This changed with the arrival of the 5810 and 5820 smartphones whose software was written in Java. "RIM's decision to implement Java is opening BlackBerry to a community of more than three million application developers worldwide." stated RIM in its March 4, 2002 announcement. "Blackberry 5810 users will enjoy access to a substantially broader variety of applications that can be easily developed, deployed and managed within the [Blackberry] enterprise." Much improved variants of the 58xx series smartphones--the Blackberry 6710 and 6720--were announced in November, 2002. Technical Specifications: <ul> <li>processor: ARM 7EJ-S, 32 bit</li> <li>memory: 1MB SRAM and 8MB flash memory</li> <li>display: full-graphic LCD (grey/monochrome), 160x160, 13, 16, or 20 line display (user-selectable)</li> <li>keyboard and controls: 34-key QWERTY-style (backlit), mouse-type scroll wheel</li> <li>ports: combined data/charging port; RS-232C-compliant serial port</li> <li>modem: embedded RIM modem</li> <li>cellular networks: 1900MHz GSM/GPRS (model 5810); 900MHz and 1800MHz GSM/GPRS (model 5820)</li> <li>SIM card slot: supports 3V/5V SIMs</li> <li>audio: earpiece and microphone (mono)</li> <li>battery: internal lithium-ion rechargeable</li> </ul> External Design: <ul> <li>housing: palm-held, ruggedized, plastic</li> <li>size: 11.7cm(L) x 7.85cm(W) x 1.8cm(H)</li> <li>weight: 139g</li> </ul> Main Features: <ul> <li>email integration options: integrates with existing enterprise, ISP, or a new handheld email account</li> <li>works with BlackBerry Enterprise Server</li> <li>icon and menu driven interface</li> <li>security: password protected</li> <li>wireless email</li> <li>wireless calendar</li> <li>wireless Internet</li> <li>voice and SMS</li> <li>address book</li> <li>task list</li> <li>memo pad</li> <li>calculator</li> <li>alarm</li> <li>notifications: tone, vibrate, on-screen, or LED indicator</li> <li>configurable options</li> <li>device lock and keyboard lock</li> </ul> Software: <ul> <li>BlackBerry OS</li> <li>Blackberry Desktop Software (v. 3.2 or higher)</li> <li>The BlackBerry Java Development Environment (JDE) and simulation tool for building Java 2 Micro Edition applications for Java-based Blackberry handhelds third-party custom applications developed using JDE</li> </ul> The museum has a BlackBerry 5820 with BlackBerry Wireless Handheld: Getting Started Guide and BlackBerry Desktop Software v. 3.6.0 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Research in Motions Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-2002 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant world, 2001 - 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Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Artwork by MiSTiGRiS artists Subject The topic of the resource computer art Description An account of the resource A selection of artwork created by MiSTiGRiS artgroup of Bristish Columbia. For more information about MiSTiGRiS and the artwork selection, visit <a href="https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/ansi">Cyberspace art scene of the area code 604</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Artwork selected by MiSTiGRiS artgroup founder Rowan Lipkovits. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1994-98 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource digital artwork Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Inquisitor Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available MiSTiGRiS Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Admiral Skuttlebutt, AY, Carlton Chan (Questor), Deadpool, Diamond Traveler, Dan Farrimond (Illarterate ), Mike Fisher (Mavrik) , Inquisitor, Ben Jones (Polyducks), Jamu Kakar ( Tzeentch), Kurama, LDA, Lazarus, Rowan Lipkovits (Cthulu) , Raquel Meyers, Melkor, Minus, Muton, Nitnatsnoc, Mark Rutledge (Xeryrus), David Turgeon (Eerie ), The Lite, The Naughty Tycoon, Ken Yong (Jughead ), Elysha Zaide, Zoltar. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Canada computer art https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/543b7b9789f585699cc7ac522d1ff34d.png c76fe73001d56b4af3e7a5d84c3155a1 hardware A computer (or a calculator), its components and peripherals (displays, printers, pointing devices, modems, external storage devices, etc). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource AES-286 Personal Computer Description An account of the resource AES-286 Personal Computer (by Z. Stachniak) In 1967, Stephen Dorsey founded Automatic Electronic Systems (AES) in Montreal to develop electronic devices for industrial remote-control applications. Over the six years, AES developed, among other products, its own minicomputers (the AES-80 and AES-80C) and the world’s first all-in-one programmable word processor — the AES-90. Until the mid-1980s, digital word processors remained the company's main line of business, sold around the world. In the 1960s, office document-writing equipment was still dominated by various types of typewriters, ranging from purely mechanical to electric models, including those with digital storage for recording typed text, such as the best-selling IBM MT/ST (Magnetic Tape/Selectric Typewriter), which recorded edited documents on magnetic tape. These devices lacked displays and offered only limited word-processing functionality. None of them could be upgraded to newer versions; they could only be replaced with more advanced models as they became available. It all changed in the early 1970s, when several companies introduced dedicated text-editing equipment with displays for on-screen document editing and external storage. In 1972, Linolex Systems introduced its Model A while Lexitron offered the Videotype 911. In the following year, AES released its AES-90 Word Processor, and Vydec began selling its Vydec Text Processor. Although all these systems provided on-screen editing and external storage, several unique features of the AES-90 set new trends in the design of cost-effective text editing equipment. The most important of these was the AES-90 architecture and its software upgradability. The AES-90 was a standalone system that featured a CRT display, a keyboard, and two 8-inch floppy disk drives connected to a central processor. However, unlike the “hard-wired” solutions used in other early on-screen text-editing systems, the AES-90 processor was built around a general-purpose minicomputer (the AES-90C) running dedicated text-editing software. This design allowed for software updates, bug fixes, and adaptation to changing requirements without the need to purchase a new processor and discard the outdated one. For this reason, the ACS-90 was promoted as a programmable word processor and “a giant step into a new era of cost-effective written communication.” Within a few years, the office equipment market was flooded with similar video-screen text-editing products from companies worldwide—the Toshiba JW-10 Japanese Language Word Processor, announced in 1978, is one notable example—revolutionizing office operations. Although orders for AES-90 processors were piling up, AES faced significant difficulties with cash flow and attracting investor interest. Ultimately, the company came under the control of Innocan Investments Ltd., a Canadian financial organization specializing in venture capital for new and expanding firms, particularly those in high-technology industries. The Canadian Development Corporation owned 40% of Innocan, while other shareholders included the Air Canada Pension Fund, the Bank of Nova Scotia, and several well-established investment groups. Difficult relationship with AES financial backers led Dorsey to leave the company in 1975. Walter F. Steel, previously hired by Innocan as CEO, became AES’s new president. The company also adopted a new name: AES Data Limited. In 1975, the AES manufacturing plant in Montreal employed 135 people. That year, the plant delivered over 300 AES-90 units, bringing the total number of installations in Canada to more than 400. The company also operated branches in Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, and St. Albans, Vermont. In 1976, AES signed an agreement with Lanier Business Products to sell and service AES word processors in the U.S., with Lanier becoming a minority shareholder in the company. AES also partnered with the Swedish office electronics distributor Scribona to distribute a multilingual variant of the ACS-90 designed for Western Europe. This European model featured character sets and keyboards supporting eight languages: English, French, German, Swedish, Swiss-French, Italian, Dutch, and Danish-Norwegian. That same year, the company reached a new financial milestone, achieving sales of over $1 million per month. By 1978, AES operated four plants in Montreal, a manufacturing and research facility in Mississauga, Ontario, and sales and service offices across Canada, employing more than a thousand people. AES also established similar sales, service, and software support groups in Europe. In August 1978, the Canadian Development Corporation (CDC) purchased AES as well as Wordplex Corporation of California, which was subsequently merged into AES (Wordplex continued to operate as a division of AES until 1981, when CDC established it as a separate operating company). Headquartered in Toronto, the CDC was created and partially owned by the Canadian federal government, with a mandate to expand investment opportunities for Canadian-controlled companies through both public and private funding. Despite intense market competition, AES maintained strong positions in the North American and European markets, with rapid sales growth and dominance of the Canadian word-processing equipment market continuing until the early 1980s. The new AES C-20 series, introduced in late 1979, offered a sophisticated line of word-processing equipment and software. The decline of AES began in 1982. With Lanier losing interest in AES, CDC secured a new U.S. distribution channel by acquiring a majority stake in the successful American photocopier manufacturer Savin. However, intense competition in the office automation market from major companies such as AT&T, DEC, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Olivetti, Wang, and Xerox, combined with a shift toward using microcomputers for text editing, and Savin’s own financial difficulties, led to a decline in AES product sales. The percentage of AES units installed in Canada dropped from 33% in 1981 to 19% in 1983. Despite the introduction of several new products in the mid-1980s, including the AES-7100 stand alone word processor, the AES-286 personal computer, as well as the AES 7200, 7300, 7400, and 7500 series of multiuser systems, AES was also falling increasingly behind in both technology and marketing. Poor operating results at AES Data and Savin continued in the following years. In early 1987, dissatisfied with AES's performance, CDC announced that it was selling both AES Data and Savin. In September of that year, AES was acquired by Kinburn Technology Corporation, which already owned another office information systems subsidiary, XIOS Systems Corp. Shortly thereafter, Kinburn merged AES with XIOS to form XIOS Systems Corporation Europe. The merger, followed by the closure of XIOS in 1990, effectively brought an end to AES — the company that had helped pioneer cutting-edge text-editing technology. The entire industry of dedicated text-editing hardware collapsed soon after, under pressure from the rapidly growing office automation personal computer market, which offered multifunctional solutions for office operations, from advanced text-editing software, electronic spreadsheets and mail to financial and actuarial packages, databases, and administration software. The AES-286 The AES-286 personal computer was introduced in 1985 to enhance the package of office solutions offered by AES to its customers. It was designed to complement the company’s word processing and office systems, and to integrate PC applications into the mainstream of office automation. The AESOP office software (AES Office Productivity) provided the AES-286 with basic AES word processing. Technical specifications <ul> <li>CPU: Intel 80286, 16-bit;</li> <li>RAM: 512KB; </li> <li>hard drive: NEC D3126, 20MB; Data Technology Corp.  DTC 5290C2 floppy disk drive and hard drive controller card;</li> <li>floppy diskette drive: 5.25 inch;  Data Technology Corp.  DTC 5290C2 floppy disk drive and hard drive controller card  (NEC NEC D765AC  floppy drive controller chip);</li> <li>display: SPEGA VGA/EGA video card with chipset consisting of 4 Chips and Technologies ICs: 82C431 graphics controller, 82C432 sequencer, 82C433 attributes controller, and 82C434 CRT controller;</li> <li>ports: com1, com2,  printer;</li> <li>expansion slots: 8;</li> <li>power supply: Tiger Power, Lead Year Enterprise Co., Ltd;</li> <li>BIOS: AWARD V2.07,  Award Software International Inc. ;</li> <li>operating system:  IBM PC DOS 3.30.</li> </ul> Museum holdings AES-286 Personal Computer, model number 286, serial number 100309; Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource AES Data, Montreal Type The nature or genre of the resource hardware: microcomputer Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context H.102 Subject The topic of the resource hardware: desktop computer Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant North America, late 1980s AES AES-286 microcomputer https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/1abbdd30e9b8181b49c4cae3e6ef30a2.jpg 947a979f62deb7779b887378d567a97e hardware A computer (or a calculator), its components and peripherals (displays, printers, pointing devices, modems, external storage devices, etc). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource LANPAR Personal Computer Description An account of the resource Historical context: LANPAR Technologies Inc. (also known as Les Technologies LANPAR Inc.), was a company founded in 1970 (as LANPAR Ltd.) by Rene Pardo in Markham, Ontario. Six years later, the company changed its name to LANPAR Technologies Inc. Prior to LANPAR's incorporation, Pardo and Remy Landau developed the first commercial electronic spreadsheet and named it LANPAR (LANguage for Programming Arrays at Random). Until the early 1980s, LANPAR was Canada's largest independent distributor of computer terminals. Its main line of business was the sale, rental, and service of computer terminals (mostly the products of Digital Equipment Corporation) and printers. Between 1982 and 1988, the company was involved in the distribution and manufacturing of personal computers. In 1982 and 1983, the company was selling the Osborne 1 computer (developed by California-based Osborne Computer Corp.) through Osborne Canada owned by LANPAR. Before the introduction of its own IBM XT-compatible computer--the LANPAR PC--in 1986, the company was also distributing IBM PC and -XT compatible computers from the American AT&T and Eagle Computer manufacturers. As a service-oriented company, LANPAR offered their services in most major Canadian cities (it had 15 service centers in 1986). The highly competitive PC market of the 1980s eventually forced the company to shift its corporate focus to sales and service of PC networking products. The company was dissolved in January 2003. LANPAR PC technical specifications: <ul> <li>CPU: NEC D8088D, 16-bit, 5MHz</li> <li>ROM: BIOS by Phoenix Technologies Ltd.</li> <li>RAM: up to 640KB</li> <li>hard-drive: 20 MB (optional)</li> <li>keyboard - IBM-style</li> <li>display: choice of 12" monochrome or composite monitor</li> <li>external storage: one or two 5.25" floppy disk drives</li> <li>ports: serial and parallel</li> <li>expansion slots: 8</li> </ul> Upgrade options: <ul> <li>8087 coprocessor</li> <li>IBM XT-style keyboard</li> <li>integrated tape back-up unit</li> <li>13" full-color monitor</li> <li>communication board</li> </ul> Software: <ul> <li>operating system: MS-DOS 3.2</li> <li>optional software: the computer's IBM XT compatibility allowed to use a large library of software written for the IBM XT platform.</li> </ul> The museum has a LANPAR Personal Computer model LPC, serial number L610206, with a keyboard.  It is equipped with two floppy disk drives,  a parallel port card, a monochrome graphic and printer card,  and a floppy disk controller card. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource LANPAR Technologies Inc. Subject The topic of the resource hardware: personal computer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Canada, 1986-88 Lanpar personal computer https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/6001be2a5357cac7c40ec44e80c7306c.jpg d3e8dd4821717ac4bd90e8e5200fc230 hardware A computer (or a calculator), its components and peripherals (displays, printers, pointing devices, modems, external storage devices, etc). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MCM DDS-1000 Diskette System Description An account of the resource Historical context (by Z. Stachniak) In December 1971, Mers Kutt and Gordon Ramer incorporated Kutt Systems Inc. (later renamed as Micro Computer Machines or MCM) in Toronto, with the purpose of designing, building, and marketing a small desktop microcomputer to be known as the MCM/70. The computer  was to be an inexpensive, APL programmable, general-purpose computer that would ``bridge the gap between the sophisticated [programmable] calculators that offer simplicity of operation but fail to provide the information processing capability of the computer... and the large, complex computers that require such high degrees of training and experience as to place them beyond the operational capabilities of most people who want to use them.'' [From an MCM/70 promotional brochure] The MCM/70 was to appeal to both computer experts and novices alike. The computer was offered in mid 1974 with up to two built-in cassette drives offering approximately 200KB of external storage. In 1975, MCM upgraded the MCM/70 to the /700 model and  offered a range of peripherals including two diskette storage systems: the SDS 250 (single disk drive, 250KB of storage) and the DDS 500 (dual diskette storage system, 500KB). In 1977, MCM introduced the DDS 1000 Diskette System designed as a mass storage for the MCM/700, /800, and /900 computers. It offered  1 MB of storage on 8" diskettes. The museum has two MCM DDS-1000 Diskette Systems (serial numbers 544903 and 501807), one DDS-500  Diskette Systema (serial number 376901) well as  DDS-1000 Diskette Drive User's Manual, MCM Computers Ltd., rev. AA (October 1978). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Micro Computer Machines Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context H.91 Subject The topic of the resource computer hardware: external storage Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant North America, 1976-1980s Canadian disk drive MCM MDP1000 Micro Computer machine Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource DY-4 Systems Collection Description An account of the resource DY-4 Systems Inc. was an Ottawa-based high technology company founded by four engineers Garry Dool, Terry Black, Kim Clohessy, and Steve Richards in 1979. In the early 1980s, DY-4 designed and manufactured a variety of products including microcomputers (the ORION series), graphics terminals, and STD bus board level products (including single-board computers). In the second half of the 1980s, the company shifted its attention to the development and manufacturing of products for harsh environments. A wide range of products based on VME bus architecture was offered for applications in areas such as air traffic control, tactical command, control and communication, flight management for airborne applications, ground tactical support, process control, and robotics. The products included single-board computers, memory modules, intelligent peripheral controllers, special function modules, and I/O modules. By 1993, when DY-4 went public, the company was already a technological leader in the ruggedized embedded computing market providing open systems board-level products, support systems and related software to harsh environment systems integrators. DY-4 products found their way to new generations of tanks, submarines, airplanes and spacecraft in many countries around the world. The company entered the 21st century retaining its premier position as embedded computing solutions provider in the defense and aerospace industries. In 2004, after a series of acquisitions, DY-4 business was bought from Solectron (Milpitas, Ca) by defense contractor Curtiss-Wright Corp. (Roseland, N.J.). Acquisition: The objects in the collection have been donated or acquired from: Dave Dunfield, Mati Sauks, and Zbigniew Stachniak. HARDWARE, computers (excluding single-board computers) <ul> <li>Challenger I microcomputer</li> <li>DSM 6816 microcomputer</li> <li>Orion V microcomputer</li> <li>Standalone DY-4 SVME-bus computer, model 126LF [MS]. The computer contains the following DY-4 SVME modules: 101, 155, and 203.</li> <li>Rack mounted SDK computer system consisting of 2 cages of SDK boards and 2 power supply's. DY-4 Systems, Product Number FA-85-0159. The system includes the following STD modules: 102, 188, 325, 401, and 711. It also includes the XYZFL-II board.</li> <li>DY4 LSI chips: DY4401, DY4403, DY4404</li> </ul> HARDWARE, single-board computers, modules and cages <ul> <li>DY00475-H-A1-3 board (1983)</li> <li>DSTD764 single board microcomputer (1982)</li> <li>STD modules: 102, 187, 188, 199, 325, 328, 401, 406, 469, 711</li> <li>DVME single-board computers and other modules: 102, 105, 134, 201, 490, 677, 704, 706, 712, 715, 750</li> <li>SVME modules: 101, 155, 203, 677</li> <li>DSTD-812, 12 Slot STD compatible system card cage</li> <li>DY-4 Board Cage DY00448-D-11-1</li> <li>DY-4 6 Slot back plane DY00447-H-A1-4</li> <li>DY-4 6 Slot back plane DY00447-D-A1-6</li> </ul> SOFTWARE <ul> <li>DY-4 Orion software (1980s), created by DY-4 Systems Inc. and Carleton University</li> <li>DY-4 Orion software (1982-3) created by Craig Honegger and Mati Sauks</li> <li>DY-4 Dynasty related software (three 5.25" floppy disks)</li> <li>DY-4 Dynasty 2.10 software (three 8" floppy disks)</li> <li>Various DY-4 software (on Micropolis hard drive, model Number 1302)</li> </ul> MANUALS and GUIDES <ul> <li>DSTD-101 CPU and Parallel I/O Operators Manual (copy), DY00439, DY-4 (January 15, 1983)</li> <li>DSTD-102 CPU and Parallel I/O Operation Manual (copy), DY00459, DY-4 (January 18, 1983, and July 1983</li> <li>DSTD-188 CPU and Serial I/O Operations Manual (copy), oM918800-XX-1, DY-4 (April 10, 1983)</li> <li>DSTD-201 Serial/Parallel I/O Operations Manual, rev. B(copy), DY00438, DSTD-201-M, DY-4 (April 10, 1983)</li> <li>DSTD-202 Quad Serial Communications Module Operations Manual, rev. B(copy), DY00446-H-A1-1, OM-STD202-999-1, DY-4 (January 24, 1983)</li> <li>DSTD-328 256K Dynamic Memory for the DSTD-188 8088 Card, rev. A, DY00513, DSTD-328-M, DY-4 (April 10, 1983)</li> <li>DSTD-401 RS-422 Serial Interface with DMA Operations Manual, rev. C (copy), DY00460, DSTD-401-M, DY-4 (August 31, 1984)</li> <li>DSTD-402 Parallel Interface Adapter (Winchester Interface), rev. A (copy), DY00461, DSTD-402-M, DY-4 (198?)</li> <li>DSTD-503 Bytewide Memory Card (copy), DY00489, DY-4 (December 3, 1982)</li> <li>DSTD-703 Multi Functional Calendar/Clock Card (copy), OM970300-XXX-4, DY-4 (December 10, 1983)</li> <li>DSTD-711 Dual Density Floppy Disk Controller with DMA and 64K Dynamic RAM, rev. A (copy), DY00483, DSTD-711-M, DY-4 (December 1, 1982)</li> <li>DSTD-777 High Resolution Graphics Controller Operations Manual, rev. A (copy), OM977700-XXX-2, DY-4 (198?)</li> <li>DSTD-806 8=Slot STD Card Cage Operations Manual (copy), OM-STD806-999-003, DY-4 (March 7, 1983)</li> <li>Orion V Operations Manual, rev. B (copy), no. DY00468, DY-4 (198?)</li> <li>Challenger I dynasty Users Manual (copy), no. DY00497 revision B, DY-4 (January, 1983)</li> <li>Harmony RTOS reference manual, Taurus Computer Products a division of DY-4, (1989)</li> <li>DYNASTY 3.0 Reference Manual, release 3.0, Beta 003, no. RM-OS:DYN-3.0-001, DY-4 (1984)</li> </ul> PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL <ul> <li>DY-4 1982 Product Line Short Form Catalogue</li> <li>From Boards to Systems... the Short Form Catalogue from DY-4, DY-4 (1986)</li> <li>DY-4 1987 Product Catalogue</li> <li>DY-4 Systems, A Profile, DY-4 promotional brochure (1988)</li> <li>DME, From Boards to Systems... the Short Form Catalogue from DY-4, DY-4 (198?)</li> <li>DYNASTY, Investigate the alternative computer system, DY-4 promotional brochure (198?)</li> <li>a folder of six DY-4 promo documents (c. mid 1980s)</li> <li>Folder with DY-4 promotional brochures (VGT-100H terminal, Dynasty computer system, STD product line)</li> <li>DY4 Delivers, DY-4 promotional brochure (1993)</li> <li>DY-4 VME 1995 product catalog</li> <li>DY4 COTS Charges Ahead On Abrams Enhanced Battle Tank, DY-4 promotional brochure (1997)</li> <li>DY4 VME Product Overview, DY-4 promotional brochure (1999)</li> <li>Upgrade to VME: Upgrade Solutions for your next upgrade program, DY-4 promotional brochure (199?)></li> <li>"Off-the-shelf" VMR Solutions!, DY-4 promotional brochure (199?)</li> <li>a folder of DY-4 promotional brochures (2001, 2002)</li> <li>DY-4 Systems Inc. 2003 Product Catalog (CDRom)</li> </ul> CORPORATE and OTHER DOCUMENTS <ul> <li>DY4 Systems Inc. 1999 Annual Report (digital copy)</li> <li>DY4 Systems Inc., Initial Public Offering and Secondary Offering (March 25, 1993)</li> <li>folder with DY4 LSI chip designs</li> </ul> NEWSLETTERS and OTHER PUBLICATIONS <ul> <li>DY4 "DYJEST, vol. 1, nr. 1 and 2 (1992); vol. 2, nr. 1 and 2 (1993)</li> <li>DY-Jest, vol 1, issue 1 (1989), issues 2--10 (1990); vol. 2, issues 1--3 (1990), 4--7 (1991); vol. 3, issues 1 and 2 (1991); 3 and 4 (1992); Summer, Fall (1993); Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (1994); Spring, Summer, Winter (1995); Spring, Winter (1996) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (1997); Spring, Summer, Fall (1998); Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (1999); Winter (2000);</li> <li>DY-jest, December (1985); September, December (1986) Match, May, September--December (1987); February--October, December (1988); January--March, July, September (1989)</li> <li>DY-4 Newsletter, July (1983</li> <li>DY4 News, November (1983); December (1984)</li> <li>Connections, DY 4 Employee Newsletter, June (2002); Spring, Winter (2004)</li> <li>DY4 News, November (1983); December (1984)</li> <li>DY-4 Dyalogue, vol.2, issues 2 and 3 (1986), vol.2, issues 4 and 5 (1987), issue 7 (1988); Vol. 3, issue 1 (1990)</li> <li>EC Xchangee, Curtiss-Wright, Summer, Fall, Winter (2005)</li> <li>DY4 Systems Investor Insight, vol. 1, no 1, no 1 supplement, and 2 (1998); vol. 2, numbers 1--4 (1999); vol. 3, no 1 (2000)</li> </ul> Subject The topic of the resource <img src="http://museum1.eecs.yorku.ca/www_decorations/Dy4Logo2.jpg" alt="MCM_logo" width="40%" height="40%" border="0" /> Objects manufactured or published by DY-4 Systems Inc. hardware A computer (or a calculator), its components and peripherals (displays, printers, pointing devices, modems, external storage devices, etc). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource DY-4 Challenger I Computer Subject The topic of the resource hardware: microcomputer Description An account of the resource DY-4 Systems Inc. Challenger I microcomputer model number 953 Chassis, serial number S9538303008. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DY-4 Systems Inc. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983(?) Relation A related resource YUCoM Canadian Hardware Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Hardware Type The nature or genre of the resource Hardware Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context H.88 Canadian dy-4 Systems Inc. microcomputer https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/21ae2475976da116694342f8e8dab444.png e29677600e3ea1c4398fc7affc069f47 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mathatron calculator at York University Description An account of the resource Historical context (Z. Stachniak) The commercialization of the transistor in the first half of the 1950s had a dramatic impact on the decade-old computer industry. The all-transistor computers were offered as early as 1953 and, by the end of the 1950s, all major computer manufacturers were building transistorized machines. Similar shift to solid-state technology was made across consumer electronics industry (for example, in the mid-1950s, all-transistor radios quickly began to replace large and bulky vacuum tubes-based radio sets). Despite clear advantages that solid-state electronics had to offer to calculator manufacturers (if built, transistor-based calculators would be smaller, quieter, more versatile, and virtually maintenance free when compared with the traditional desktop electro-mechanical calculators), the calculator industry was much slower in adopting the new technology. Calculator manufacturers were quite reluctant to venture into electronics when no competitors, even those with electronics divisions (such as Olivetti, Burroughs, Sony, and Canon), were putting any electronic calculators on the market. They were simply unwilling to go against their main core products that still delivered corporate wealth and prestige, they had no desire to invest substantial resources into concurrent divisions of electronic calculators that would internally compete with their best-performing divisions of electro-mechanical calculators. It was not until the early 1960s that the first solid-state calculators appeared on the consumer market and almost instantly gained consumer acceptance. While most of the early electronic calculators supported only rudimentary arithmetic operations with, in some cases, one or two memory registers for storing intermediate results, several firms introduced calculators with functionality that went far beyond that. The execution of short sequences of instructions (programs) was the most notable of these new features. Programs for such calculators could be keyed-in by an operator or read from an external storage media (such as punch cards) and, then executed as many times as desired by a single press of a key. Mathatronics Mathatron Massachusetts-based company Mathatronics Inc. introduced its programmable calculator Mathatron in 1964. In comparison with ordinary calculators of the era, the Mathatron offered programming of complex mathematical formulas. The calculator was equipped with a printer that recorded entered programs as well as outputs of their execution. A special learn-repeat feature of the Mathatron allowed to store a program and reuse it as many time as required during a calculation session. In March 1964, Computers and Automation reviewed the Mathatron referring to it as a "unique desk-top size electronic digital computer." Mathatronics sold several models of its calculator: <ul> <li>Model 4-24 with 4 memory registers and program length of up to 24 steps,</li> <li>Model 8-48 with 8 memory registers and program length of up to 48 steps,</li> <li>Model 8-48S (Statistical Model) with 8 memory registers and program length of up to 48 steps,</li> <li>Model 8-48E (Civil Engineering Model) with 8 memory registers and program length of up to 48 steps,</li> <li>Model 8-48M (Mathematician' Model) with 8 memory registers and program length of up to 48 steps.</li> </ul> Models 8-48 offered several built-in scientific routines that could be selected using a built-in dial and pressing the "ENTER" switch located next to the dial. These routines could be executed separately or incorporated into programs. Mathatron at York University In the mid-1960s, York was rapidly growing and establishing new key departments. In 1965, Ralph W. Nicholls joined York University from the University of Western Ontario to form a new Department of Physics. In the same year, he became founding director of York's Centre for Research in Experimental Space Science (CRESS, later renamed the Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science) that quickly gained prominence in North America. Unfortunately, York's first computer--the IBM System/360 Model 30--was only installed in November 1966 and, until then, CRESS members had to rely on calculators and computer resources offered by the University of Toronto. It was Nicholls who brought a Mathatron to CRESS. The calculator served calculating needs of both faculty and graduate students throughout the 1960s and 70s. It's use was under strict control. The instructions attached to CRESS' Mathatron read: <ol> <li>The use of this machine is restricted to CRESS staff members.</li> <li>CRESS Graduate Students must get permission from Dr. G.R. Hebert to use machine until they have indicated some proficiency in its use.</li> <li>Others must have the explicit permission from Dr. G.R. Hebert each time the Mathatron is to be used.</li> <li>Please fill in log book every time the Mathatron is used.</li> <li>Do not remove manuals from this location.</li> <li>In case of doubt regarding the operation of the Mathatron consult a) manuals b) G.R. Hebert, Room 205."</li> </ol> Museum's holdings <ul> <li>Mathatron 8-48, serial nr. 385,</li> <li>Mathatron calculator desk,</li> <li>Mathatron auxiliary program storage control unit.</li> </ul> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mathatronics Inc. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource introduced in 1964 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context H9 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant This calculator was in use at York University, Toronto, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Subject The topic of the resource hardware: programmable calculator Contribution Form The set of elements containing metadata from the Contribution form. Online Submission Indicates whether or not this Item has been contributed from a front-end contribution form. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early Computing at York University -- Photographs Subject The topic of the resource computing infrastructure: photographs Description An account of the resource Historical context: Academic computing in Canada started to develop in the early 1950s. The first commercial digital electronic computer—a Ferranti Mark I (nicknamed FERRUT)—was installed at the University of Toronto in 1952. For several years, FERRUT was the only digital electronic computer operated by a Canadian university. In 1957, the University of British Columbia installed its first computer—the ALWWAC III-E—and the University of Alberta its LGP-30 computer. York University was established in 1959 at a time when there were just 40 electronic digital computers working in the entire Canada. However, it was not until October 1966 when York installed its first computer—the IBM System \360 Model 30—and established its Computation Center. The computer was replaced by a more powerful IBM System/360 Model 40, and then by Model 50 in the following two years. In 1971, York installed an IBM System/370 Model 155 — a computer from a new line of IBM mainframes. This computer, in turn, was replaced by a high-end Model 158 in the mid 1970s. The photographs in this collection were taken in the early to mid 1970s. They depict the computing room of York's Computation Center as well as students'  keypunch room. Identity of photographers not currently known. The photograph descriptions from top to bottom, left to right: <ul> <li>IBM System/370 with an IBM 3215 Console Printer-Keyboard at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>IBM System/370 with an IBM 3215 Console Printer-Keyboard at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>Memorex 660 Disk Drive storage at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>IBM 3420 tape drive systems at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>IBM 1403 printer (foreground), IBM 3705A communications controller (background left) and IBM 3420 tape drives (background front) at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>HP 2000 computer operator at York's Computer Center; on the right, an HP 2000 computer (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>IBM System/370 Model 158 operator at computer's terminal at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>IBM System/370 Model 158 operator at computer's terminal at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>IBM 3420 tape drives at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>IBM 3333 disk drive storage units at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?)</li> <li>IBM 3333 disk drive storage units at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>Backup disk storage at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>IBM 3705A communications controller at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>HP 2000 Data System at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?)</li> <li>IBM 3213 console printer and Datacom 100 teleprinter at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>IBM 2741 terminal at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>modems at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>Vucom I display terminal at York's Computer Center (mid 1970s?),</li> <li>students' keypunch room at York University (1972?),</li> <li>students in keypunch room at York University (1972?); the person on the right is Enio Presutto, one of the promoters of the APL programming language at York University,</li> <li> IBM 2741 APL terminal in student's keypunch room at York University (1972?),</li> <li>IBM 29 punch card terminal in students' keypunch room at York University (1972?).</li> </ul> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource photographer unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1972 (?) Relation A related resource York University Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource digital image of photographs Type The nature or genre of the resource digital image Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant York University, Toronto, 1972-1973 Contribution Form The set of elements containing metadata from the Contribution form. Online Submission Indicates whether or not this Item has been contributed from a front-end contribution form. No York University https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/f544f96adcea4c09ffaa728f52ed7cc9.jpg 543b26803662e8820e1b18d1e7f616f2 https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/a999107d96187d6b43781aa414870204.jpg b6f63ebac12a0d23fd9e4f2dd9434062 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Northern Electric—Nortel Networks Collection Subject The topic of the resource <img src="http://museum1.eecs.yorku.ca/www_decorations/Nortel_Logo.png" alt="Nortel_logo" width="25%" height="25%" border="0" /> The collection is dedicated to the corporate history of  Northern Electric and Manufacturing, Northern Electric, Northern Telecom, Bell-Northern Research, and Nortel Networks. Description An account of the resource Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company was founded in Montreal, Quebec, in 1895. It's main business was the manufacturing of telephone equipment for Bell Telephone Company of Canada. In 1914, the Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company merged with the Imperial Wire and Cable Company of Montreal to form the Northern Electric Company.  Although the new company's main business continued to be telecommunication equipment, Northern Electric also ventured into consumer electronics market manufacturing radios, television sets, console radio-phonographs, hi-fi amplifiers, and so on. In 1971, Northern Electric and Bell Canada formed Bell-Northern Research (BNR) — an Ottawa-based telecommunications research and development company. Around the same time, Northern Electric introduced its first electronic  PBX (Private Branch Exchange — a private telephone network used within a company or organization) named the SG-1. Four years later, BNR introduced the  SL-1 PBX  which was the world's first all-digital PBX aimed at medium-sized businesses.  In 1976, Northern Electric Company changed its name to Northern Telecom Limited and the company focused its operations exclusively on fully digital telecommunications products.  Northern Telecom was the first company in its industry to deliver a complete line of fully digital telecommunications products. Its SL-1 became the world’s most successful PBX and, by 1991, the company  was the world’s largest PBX supplier offering its Meridian communication systems line. In 1998, the company's name was changed to Nortel Networks to emphasize its focus on networking solutions for telecommunication over the Internet and other communications networks. In 2009, the company filed for bankruptcy protection. Abbreviations: <ul> <li>BNR: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.</li> <li>WC: W. Clipsham</li> <li>NT: Northern Telecom</li> <li>NOR: Nortel Networks</li> <li>WEC: Western Electric Company</li> <li>WB: items donated by Walter Banks</li> <li>KB: items donated by Keith Brickman</li> <li>HB: items donated by Henry Wiebe</li> <li>GR: items donated by Greg Reynolds</li> <li>ZS: items donated by Zbigniew Stachniak</li> <li>JM: items donated by John Morden</li> <li>RR: donated by Robert Roden</li> <li>SC: items donated by Stanley Chow</li> <li>DC: items donated by David Cuddy</li> </ul> HARDWARE <ul> <li>Digital Multiplex Switching System DMS-100 schematic diagram, Northern Telecom, 1979-1980 [SC]</li> <li>BNR XMS (eXtended Multicomputer System) workstation with two built-in 8" floppy drives [SC]</li> <li>BNR XMS workstation (prototype?)</li> <li>Two external 8" floppy diskette drives for the BNR XMS workstation[SC]</li> <li>Northern Telecom/Nortel Passport 50 DS1 MVPE module, [GR]</li> <li>Nortel Networks Passport 50 E3A FP module, [GR]</li> <li>Nortel Networks Passport 50 OC3S FP module, [GR]</li> <li>Nortel Networks Passport 50 CP module, [GR]</li> <li>Nortel's 1 MEG Modem, NTEX35AA, [ZS]</li> <li>Nortel Display Phone</li> <li>Northern Electric paper calculator, 1973 [JM]</li> <li>Dual NAND silicon microcircuit, Northern Electric, 1960s? [RR]</li> <li>Northern Telecom Alex videotex terminal, 1988</li> <li>Northern Telecom Displayphone telephone and data terminal, 1981</li> <li>Northern Telecom Displayphone 220 telephone and data terminal, 1987</li> <li>Nortel Europa smartphone [DC]</li> </ul> Corporate Documents <ul> <li>Northern Electric Company incorporation documents (original), 1914. [Nortel]</li> <li>Northern Telecom worldwide senior management structure, May 1983, [KB]</li> <li>Northern Telecom Inc., Major Business Units, May 1, 1985, [KB]</li> <li>Northern Electric Organization structure, September 1972. [KB]</li> <li>A file of Northern Telecom and BNR Human Resources publications and documents, 1979-1988</li> </ul> NEWSLETTERS and MAGAZINES <ul> <li>Northern Circuit, Northern Electric, Spring 1965. [KB]</li> <li>Northern News, Northern Electric, vol. 44, no. 7 (1969). [JM]</li> <li>The Networks, Northern Electric, September 1973. [JM]</li> <li>telesis, BNR issues: vol. 3, no. 2 (1973) [WB]; vol. 4, no. 3 (1975); vol 4., no. 1 (1976) [WC]; vol. 5, no. 2 (1977) and no. 9 (1978) [WB]; vol. 6, no. 1 (1979) [WB]; vol. 8, no. 4 (1981); vol. 12, no. 1 and 2 (1985) [WC, DC]; issues 92, 93 (1991), 98 (1994). [WC]</li> <li>the, Northern Electric, Ottawa, issue 2 (1969), 4, 5 (1970). [WC]</li> <li>Miscellany, BNR, vol. 2, 3 (1987), 4, 5 (1988), 6, 7 (1989). [WC]</li> <li>Printed Circuit, Northern Telecom at Bramalea vol. 18, no. 7 (1991). [JM]</li> <li>Lachine Journal, Northern Telecom at Lachine, no. 5 (1992). [JM]</li> <li>Network news, Northern Telecom, May 1992. [JM]</li> <li>Between-Us, Northern Telecom at Lachine and Laurentian no. 4 (1993). [JM]</li> <li>Protel Technical Notes, BNR, Language Development Group; issues: vol. 1, nr. 1--7, 1980.</li> <li>Data Packet, Data Networks Division, Northern Telecom, vol. 2, issue 3 )198?) [WC]</li> </ul> MANUALS, USER GUIDES, REPORTS, PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL 1940-1949 <ul> <li>No. 1 Crossbar Dial Telephone System, Photographs, Educational Bulletin No. 2.5, WEC, December 1947. [HW]</li> </ul> 1950-1959 <ul> <li>No. 5 Crossbar Dial Telephone System, Completion of a Call, Educational Bulletin No. 2.5 B-1, WEC, April 1954. [HW]</li> <li>The Step-By-Step Dial Telephone System, Telephone System Training, Lesson No. 3, No. 2.5 B-1, WEC, June 1954. [HW]</li> </ul> 1960-1969 <ul> <li>E.H. Lanham, A Brief Story of the Growth, Evolution, and Expansion of Telephone Systems from the Magneto Era to the Present, Technical Memorandum TM 8161-2-64, Northern Electric, December 31st, 1964.</li> <li>Toronto Works, Telephone Directory, Northern Electric Company, Switching Division, 1 November 1966 [WBr] 1 Nov. 1966. [HB] Preliminary Version, IPSA (29 November, 1970) [WK].</li> </ul> 1970-1979 <ul> <li>Time to switch... SP-1 electronic switching systems, Northern Electric, October 1973. [JM]</li> <li>Datapac: Standard Network Access Protocol, Trans-Canada Telephone System, 30 November, 1974. [WC]</li> <li>Datapac: Overview, Trans-Canada Telephone System, 1974? [WC]</li> <li>Datapac: Four papers presented to the Third International Conference on Computer Communications, Toronto, Canada (August 1976). [WC]</li> <li>An Introduction to GRAPPLE Programming, ver. 4.21, BNR 13490, July 1974. [WB]</li> <li>GRAPPLE Console Users Manual, ver. 1.0, BNR(?), 18 June, 1975. [WB]</li> <li>GRAPPLE Language Reference Manual, ver. 5.10, BNR 13500, June 1975. [WB]</li> <li>Datapac: Standard Network Access Protocol Specification, Trans-Canada Telephone System, 1976. [WC]</li> <li>Datapac: Four papers presented to the Third International Conference on Computer Communications, Toronto, August 1976, Trans-Canada Telephone System, 1976. [WC]</li> <li>W. Clipsham, SL10 Data Network Processor: General Description, BNR, Issue 1, September 1976. [WC]</li> <li>D. Drynan, SL10 Data Network Processor: Trunk System, BNR, February 1977. [WC]</li> <li>Integrated Software Engineering System: Cost-Benefit Analysis, BNR, November 1978. [WC]</li> <li>Integrated Software Engineering System: Overview, BNR, November 1979. [WC]</li> <li>Integrated Software Engineering System: System Requirements Specification, BNR, November 1979. [WC]</li> </ul> 1980-1989 <ul> <li>Introducing a major advancement in the evolution of the telephone: Displayphone, promotional brochure, Northern Telecom, April 1981 [DC]</li> <li>Does your telecommunications system give you access to your internal database? Displayphone promotional brochure, Northern Telecom, 198? [DC]</li> <li>SL-1 Displayphone promotional brochure, Northern Telecom, 198? [DC]</li> <li>Displayphone User Guide, Northern Telecom, February 1982 [ZS]</li> <li>Displayphone User Guide, Northern Telecom, issue 3 [ZS]</li> <li>Displayphone 220 User Guide, Northern Telecom, 1987 [ZS]</li> <li>ALEX Installation Guide, Northern Telecom, issue 1 [ZS]</li> <li>DMS-100 System Description, BNR, 1986. [SC]</li> <li>Writing Handbook, BNR, 1987. [WC]</li> <li>DPN: Data Networking System Reference Handbook, Northern Telecom, 1986. [WC]</li> <li>DMS-100/200 NT-40 Instruction Set, BNR, 1987. [SC]</li> <li>H. Johnson, Object-Oriented Programming in PROTEL (draft), BNR, 1988. [SC]</li> <li>H. Johnson, An Object-Oriented Language Based on PROTEL (draft), BNR, 1989. [SC]</li> <li>DPN-100: Data Networking Reference Handbook, Northern Telecom, 1988. [WC]</li> <li>B. Baker, Multiprocessing Core for DMS, BNR, 1989. [SC]</li> <li>Telephony, BNR, Technical Educational Department, 198?</li> <li>Meridian M4020 Integrated Terminal: Bringing integrated data and voice to the desktop, Northern Telecom, 1985. [DC]</li> </ul> 1990- <ul> <li>DPN-100/500: Data Networking General Description, Release 1.0, BNR, February 11, 1990. [WC]</li> <li>DPN: Data Networking System, BNR, October 1990. [WC]</li> <li>Advaced Telephone Terminals Design: Driving the Development of Next-Generation Terminals, Nortel-Northern Telecom, July 1997. [DC]</li> </ul> PAPERS and OTHER PUBLICATIONS <ul> <li>W.A. Depp and W.H.T. Holden, Circuits for Cold Cathode Glow Tubes, Bell Telephone System Technical Publications, Monograph B-1685, compliments of Northern Electric, 1949. Originally published in Electrical Manufacturing, vol. 44, pp. 92-97 (1949).</li> <li>J.H. Felker, Typical block diagram for a digital computer, Bell Telephone System Technical Publications, Monograph 2046, compliments of Northern Electric, 1952. Originally published in Transactions of American Institute of Electrical Engineers, vol. 71, part 1 (1952), pp. 175-182.</li> <li>Datapac and the SL-10 Packet Switching System: Selected Published Papers, 1976-79, BNR.</li> <li>M. Fridrich and W. Older, Helix: The Architecture of the XMS Distributed File System, reprint with the permission from IEEE Software (May 1985). [SC]</li> <li>N. Gammage and L. Casey, XMS: A Rendezvous-Based Distributed System Software Architecture, reprint with the permission from IEEE Software (May 1985). [SC]</li> <li>Northern Telecom: The Anatomy of Transformation, 1985--1995, Nortel/Northern Telecom (November 1996). [WC]</li> <li>H. Johnson, PROTEL A programming Language for Large Real-Time Applications, publisher: ? (1984).</li> <li>SINC Network Description, SINC Technical Document, Bell/BNR SINC Design Team (October 31, 1974). [WC]</li> <li>DPN Technical Papers 1985-1986, BNR. [WC]</li> <li>W.W. Clipsham, F.E. Glave, and M.L. Narraway, Datapac Network Overview, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Communication, P.K. Verma (ed), Toronto. 3-6 August 1976; the material includes memos and slides prepared for the presentation. [WC]</li> <li>The BNR Network (197?) [WC]</li> <li>I. Cunningham, Host to Network Protocol for the Bell-Northern Research Network, version 1.2, BNR (October 1973). [WC]</li> <li>B. Clipsham et al, First Level Protocol for a Data Switch, version V, August 14, 1972, CASE: R3777. [WC]</li> <li>C.C. Martel, I.M. Cunningham, and M.S. Grushcow, The BNR Network: A Canadian Experience with Packet Switching Technology, BNR. [WC]</li> <li>N. Dam, D. Schenkel, and W.Prater, Micro-SNAP - An X.25 Microcomputer System, MSNAP-BNR (197?) [WC]</li> <li>B. Hobbs, Chrysalis: Transforming The Way We Do Business, Northern Telecom S321 (September 19, 1991). [JM]</li> <li>32 photographs of the Northern Telecom constructions at 8200 Dixie Rd. taken between February 23 and December 8, 1987. [JM]</li> <li>Four photographs of the Northern Electric Calgary Cable Plant, 19?? [JM]</li> <li>Various promotional Nortel Networks brochures, 1995--2003. [ZS]</li> </ul> hardware A computer (or a calculator), its components and peripherals (displays, printers, pointing devices, modems, external storage devices, etc). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Northern Telecom Displayphone Description An account of the resource Historical context By Z. Stachniak with input from D. Cuddy In February 1981, telecommunications giant Northern Telecom announced the Displayphone – a landmark office automation product designed to integrate voice and data in a convenient, easy-to-use desktop unit. The January 1988 Datapro Research Corporation's report described the Displayphone as a device that:    opened up the integrated voice/data terminal market [...] The first    commercially available device of this kind, the Displayphone [...]    attracted a great deal of attention in the computer industry, particularly    among workstation vendors. Many vendors were interested in    bringing their products to executive desks; thus the Displayphone    was a factor in the emergence of a new class of equipment  –    executive/professional workstation. The Displayphone was developed by Bell-Northern Research in Ottawa and manufactured by Northern Telecom. Its first model–the NT6K00–was a small desktop terminal with a handset, speakerphone,  an integrated 300 bps modem, built-in 7-inch monochrome display, dial and screen pad, and five soft keys. A retractable QWERTY-style keyboard was stored within the unit's base. The device could operate with two independent phone lines for simultaneously handling voice and data calls which allowed users to talk on the phone while accessing and viewing information from remote dial-up data services. In addition, the unit could be used as a data terminal connected to a local computer via the RS 232C port. It could also access database services via an external modem and drive a printer through a parallel I/O interface. The Displayphone featured a 90-number telephone directory, on-hook as well as automatic and hands-free dialing, last number redial, a recall work list and call hold. Other features available were a continuous day/date clock, a telephone call timer,  and a reminder service that brought messages to the user's attention. The user interace was designed for ease of use, with context-sensitive prompts displayed on the screen and soft keys that led the user from one operation to another. Between 1981 and 1986, Northern Telecom released several models of and upgrades to the Displayphones, including the PLUS (released in 1984) and the 220 (offered in October 1986). Another variant, the SL-1 Displayphone, when designed to access the voice and data capabilities of Northern Telecom's popular SL-1 PBX. By the mid-1980s, Northern Telecom had already faced competition from other vendors including AT&T, Davox, InteCom/Wang, and Rolm. Nevertheless, the Displayphone continued to have the largest installed bases of any of the competing products, which, according to the 1988 Datapro Research report, was at around 50,000 in 1987. Following the success of the Displayphone in the enterprise market, NT proceeded to develop its successor–the Meridian M4020 Integrated Terminal–which was released in 1985. Instead of a pair of analog telephone interfaces, the M4029 connected to the network over an integrated 2.56Mbps digital interface. Displayphone NT6K00 technical specifications <ul> <li>CPU: Intel 8085, 8-bit,</li> <li>ROM: 40KB with Displayphone firmware,</li> <li>keyboard: QWERTY, retractable, stored within the unit's base,</li> <li>dial and screen pad: built-in, containing 12 dial keys, 5 softkeys, and 12 programmed keys,</li> <li>display: 7in, 24 lines, 40 or 80 characters/line, with the 25th line used for labeling of softkeys,</li> <li>voice ports: two analog PSTN phone lines, integrated Bell 103-type modem,</li> <li>data ports: RS 232C (connection to a local computer or external, modem), parallel I/O port (for printer),</li> <li>transmission rates: from 75 to 1200 baud for RS 232C and from 65 to 300 boud for dialup,</li> <li>peripherals: Displayjet printer.</li> </ul> Museum's holdings <ul> <li>Displayphone NT6K00 AA (1982),</li> <li>Displayphone NT1K00 AA, serial number 1271004601 (1982),</li> <li>Displayphone NT6K90 AC, serial number 29E0004529 (1984),</li> <li>Displayphone User Guide, Northern Telecom, June 1981,</li> <li>Displayphone, The integrated voice and data telephone concept from Bell Canada, Bell Canada, 198?</li> <li>Displayphone User Guide, Northern Telecom, February 1982,</li> </ul> Sources <ul> <li>Datapro Report C25-662-102 (Terminals), Datapro Research Corp., January 1988,</li> <li>Displayphone User Guide, Northern Telecom, June 1981,</li> <li>Displayphone User Guide, Northern Telecom, February 1982.</li> </ul> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Northern Telecom Subject The topic of the resource hardware: displayphone Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant North America, 1980s. Contribution Form The set of elements containing metadata from the Contribution form. Online Submission Indicates whether or not this Item has been contributed from a front-end contribution form. No displayphone Nortel Northern Telecom