Computer Research Corporation
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The Computer Research Corporation (CRC) was an early developer of minicomputers. It was founded on July 16, 1950.[1]
The founding owners of CRC were Floyd Steele, Donald Eckdahl, Hrant (Harold) Sarkinssian, Richard Sprague, and Irving S. Reed.[1] With the exception of Reed, all members of the CRC had been on the design team for the MADDIDA, a special-purpose digital computer developed from 1946 to 1949 for Northrop.[1] Realizing that a problem-oriented language (POL) could be used to make a general-purpose computer function as a differential analyzer, the MADDIDA design team left Northrup in 1950 to focus on designing general-purpose computers, leading to them to found the CRC.[1] After developing the Cadac, an early minicomputer, the CRC was sold to National Cash Register (NCR) in February 1953, launching NCR into the digital computing business.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Reilly 2003, p. 164.
References
[edit]- Reilly, Edwin D. (2003). Milestones in Computer and Science History. Greenwood Publishing Group.
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