1975 Computer History: SPERRY UNIVAC Factory Tour Employees AN/UYK-20 Technology Clearwater Florida
060923 A special color computer factory tour from 1975 --- The focus is on Sperry Univac Factory Employees building the AN/UYK-20 minicomputer! Manufacturing the SPERRY UNIVAC AN/UYK-20(v): A rare tour through the 1975 Sperry Univac Computer Manufacturing Facility in Clearwater, Florida. Site of the AN/UYK-20 Data Processing Minicomputer Factory. Sperry employees work on the complex processes of creating this specialized 16-bit computer under Naval contract. Rare color film not widely seen in over 45 years. Intro and 14 min film, courtesy of Hagley Museum and Library and Unisys Corporation. A vintage technology film provided for educational and historical comment and discussion. * * With special thanks to Hagley Museum and Library for digitizing this from their Archives. (http://www.hagley.org)
( Provided for review and comment by the Computer History Archives Project (CHAP)).
The Clearwater operations were taken over later by Lockheed, who has a large presence in the area.
If you worked in this factory, please let us know! Thanks very much! ~ CHAP
The AN/UYK computer became the most widely used minicomputer in the world in the 1970’s.
The computer was designed by Sperry Univac in Minnesota and build in its Clearwater, Florida manufacturing facility. Over 2,800 of these specialized machines were eventually made.
References:
Hagley Museum and Library, Delaware
http://www.hagley.org
Univac Defense Systems Division Product Information manual, September 1974
https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_univacmilistemsDivisionProductInformationSep1974_16374844/page/n5/mode/2up
History of the AN/UYK-20(V) Data Processing System Acquisition…, Robert Richardson Joyce (Thesis 1976)
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/military/an_uyk-20/Joyce_History_of_the_AN_UYK-20_Sep76.pdf
VIP Club MN, Information Technology (IT) Pioneers
Retirees and former employees of Unisys, Lockheed Martin, and their heritage companies
https://vipclubmn.org/aboutus.html
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