Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO)
- Extent:
- 2 Linear Feet (5 boxes and 122 installation diskettes) and 0.11108352 gigabyte(s) (122 installation diskettes: 36 3.5" floppies, 86 5.25" floppies)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO) documentation (M0841). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Manuals and software from the software company, Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO) concerning the XENIX and HCR/C++ systems.
- Biographical / historical:
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Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO) was a software company founded in 1979 and based in Santa Cruz, California. It is best known for developing Unix operating system variants—Xenix, SCO UNIX, and UnixWare—for Intel x86 processors. In 2000, SCO sold its operating system divisions to Caldera, Inc. and focused on the Tarantella product, a terminal service, before being acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2005.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Harold G. Harvey, 1996.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Science -- History.
Computer engineering
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research, except for born-digital material, which is closed until processed. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Born-digital material is not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO) documentation (M0841). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022