X-Nico

6 unusual facts about Burroughs Corporation


End-of-transmission character

The EOT character is used in legacy communications protocols by mainframe computer manufacturers such as IBM, Burroughs Corporation, and the BUNCH.

Kenneth Lee Porter

He worked for Burroughs Corporation and the Pesco Pump Co. in New York until World War II.

Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten

Many thought that Burroughs, a company known at that time for the production of computers based on an innovative hardware architecture, was based in Nuenen.

Robert Eugene Fannin

Before entering the ministry, Robert was part of the J.C. Penney management training program, served in the U.S. Army, and became a representative for Burroughs Corporation.

Robert Smallwood

Smallwood moved to New Orleans where he worked for Burroughs Corporation (later Unisys after a merger with Sperry) selling mainframe computers to commercial banks.

William Seward Burroughs I

He was a founder of the American Arithmometer Company (1886), which later became the Burroughs Adding Machine Company (1904), then the Burroughs Corporation (1953) and in 1986, merged with Sperry Corporation to form Unisys.


Josef Kates

It offered computer access and consulting based on Burroughs computers, e.g. the B5500.

PL/I

In addition to IBM, Honeywell, CDC, Data General, Digital Equipment, Prime Computer, Burroughs, RCA, and Univac served on X3J1 along with major users Eastman Kodak, MITRE, Union Carbide, Bell Laboratories, and various government and university representatives.


see also

ESPOL

Executive Systems Problem Oriented Language - A systems implementation language for Burroughs Corporation computers