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Guide to the William H. Meek collection
X4708.2008  
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International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) manuals, Series 1, 1965-1982

Language of Material: English

Series Scope and Content

This series contains IBM manuals for the 1800, 1130, System/38, System/3 and its components, and other systems from 1965 through 1982. The bulk of this series is made up of System/3 manuals, which include user and reference manuals; installation, maintenance, programming, and troubleshooting guides; map charts; and pin and board lists. Also included are RGP II programming guides and reference manuals. Several of the System/3 manuals were originally housed in IBM Field Engineering binders.

Arrangement

This series is arranged chronologically.
 

102686014 International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) 1800 and 1130 1965-1966

 

102734125 International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) System/3 1970-1978

 

102734127 International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) systems 1971-1977

 

102734129 International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) System/38 1981-1982

 

Non-IBM publications and promotional materials, Series 2, 1944-1983

Language of Material: English

Series Scope and Content

This series contains materials documenting various computer companies and the computer industry, including brochures, periodicals, and manuals from 1944 through 1983. Included are brochures from several computer companies of the 1960s, such as General Electric, Honeywell, and Computer Control Company. Also included are periodicals from the 1960s that cover engineering and computing, and a group of Radio Shack newsletters from the 1980s that cover the latest computers. Of note in this series are a group of engineering manuals that includes a 1944 U.S. War Department technical manual for a range calibrator, a 1966 handbook for operational amplifier active RC networks, and an operational amplifier manual and engineering data charts put out by Data Device Corporation in 1965.

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This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
 

102655280 Computer Control Company, Inc. promotional material 1963-1965

 

102655278 Friden, Inc. promotional material 1960-1963

 

102655279 General Electric (GE) promotional material 1965

 

102686001 General Precision, Inc. promotional material ca. 1965

 

102686016 Honeywell, Inc. promotional material 1965-1969

 

102686010 Manuals 1944-1966

 

102686017 Periodicals 1959-1980

 

102686002 Promotional materials 1961-1983

 

102734128 System/3 programming RPG II 1972

 

Personal papers, Series 3, circa 1958-1983

Language of Material: English

Series Scope and Content

This series contains correspondence, source code, and Burr puzzle data primarily relating to Meek's personal interests and projects. One of Meek's interests involved the mechanics behind 6-piece burr puzzles. This series contains Meek's design drawings, specifications, notes, and data regarding his Burr puzzle projects and analyses. Also included in this series are Meek's work-related letters and reports concerning a project for the development of a central computer in the Midland office of Dow Chemical Company. The main computer manufacturing candidates for this project were General Electric, Scientific Data Systems, and IBM. Other materials in this series include notes, source code, and microfiche relating to various computers and programs that Meek researched, acquired, and wrote in his own time.

Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
 

102734124 Burr puzzle data ca. 1971

 

102685998 Burr puzzles 1978

 

102655287 Coding ca. 1958-1966

 

102686011 Dow Chemical Company automation and computer development 1959-1975

 

102734130 International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) program tests 1969-1972

 

102655286 International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) System/3 records ca. 1983

 

102734126 Programming output ca. 1981