Title: Oral history interview with R. Blair Smith
Call Number: OH 34
Interviewee: Smith, R. Blair
Interviewer: Robina Mapstone
Repository: Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Description: Transcript, 47 pp.
Abstract: After describing his early life, Smith describes his move to International Business Machines (IBM) as a salesman. He discusses his experiences with the IBM 701 and 702 computers and his role in founding the Digital Computer Association (later SHARE). Smith also recalls how a chance meeting with C. R. Smith, president of American Airlines, eventually led to the development of the SABRE system. He also describes the design, sale, and implementation of the SABRE system and the changes caused by the System/360.
Subject(s):
Smith, R. Blair ; SHARE. ; SABRE (Computer system) -- History ; International Business Machines Corporation ; Digital Computing Association ; Computers -- United States -- History ; Computer user groups
Citation: R. Blair Smith, OH 34. Oral history interview by Robina Mapstone, May 1980. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Copyright: Copyright to this oral history is held by the Charles Babbage Institute. Distribution in any format of the transcript in its entirety is prohibited. Permission to quote from the transcript under the fair use provision of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code) is granted provided that this source is cited.
Transcript: Link to transcript
