List of UNIVAC products

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This is a list of UNIVAC products. It ends in 1986, the year that Sperry Corporation merged with Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys as a result of a hostile takeover bid[1] launched by Burrough's CEO W. Michael Blumenthal.[2][circular reference]

The Remington Rand years (1950 to 1955)

Calculating devices

Computer systems

Peripherals

Storage

Display and print

Offline tape handling units

  • printer
    with tape drive
  • UNITYPER keyboard with tape drive
  • UNIVAC Tape to Card converter card punch with tape drive
  • UNIVAC Card to Tape converter
    card reader with tape drive
  • paper tape
    reader with tape drive

The Sperry Rand years (1955 to 1978)

Calculating devices

Computer systems

Embedded systems

  • AN/USQ-17 – the Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) or M-460[3]
  • AN/USQ-20 – updated NTDS, aka UNIVAC 1206 or G-40
  • AN/UYK-5 18-bit (octal) digital CPU Military System (Navy/Marines) used for logistics/pay/maintenance management (Navy Shipboard, Marines Portable)
  • UNIVAC 1108
  • AN/UYK-8 – dual processor version of the Naval Tactical Data System
  • AN/UYK-20
  • AN/UYK-43 – replaced and shared its instruction set with the AN/UYK-7
  • AN/UYK-44 – replaced and shared its instruction set with the AN/UYK-20
  • UNIVAC 1218
    – real-time computer
  • UNIVAC 1230
    – later, faster (2×) version of the AN/USQ-20 (memory size and I/O were identical)

Word machines

Variable word length machines

Byte machines

These machines implemented a variant of the IBM System/360 architecture

Peripherals

Storage

Display and print

Communication

  • UNIVAC BP - Buffer Processor; used as communications front-end to 418 and 490
  • UNIVAC CTMC - Communications Terminal Module Controller
  • UNIVAC GCS - General Communications System

Software

Operating systems and system software

  • BOSS III or Business Oriented Systems Supervisor was the operating system for the UNIVAC III
  • EXEC I
  • EXEC II
  • EXEC 8

Utilities, languages, and development aids

This is too small a list.

Program Code Notes
CALL Macro Processor CALL
CSHELL Command Shell CSHELL
Conversational TimeSharing CTS
Univac Text Editor ED
Full-Screen Editor FSED
Interactive Processing Facility IPF
Logically Integrated FORTRAN Translator LIFT
Symbolic Stream Generator SSG
Table of Contents Editor TOCED Edits table of contents, privileged users can read the master file directory and interface with the print system.[13]
Transaction Interface Package TIP
UEDIT UEDIT
Client Server Development UTS-400 COBOL
MAPPER (Software)
MAPPER
4GL[14]
Programming Language for UNISYS Systems PLUS
Master File Directory MFD
SX1100 SX1100 UNIX on Exec8, OS1100 and OS2200
CS1100 CS1100 Communications Simulator
Traffic Control Language TCL

Applications

The Sperry Corporation years (1978 to 1986)

  • UNIVAC 90/25
  • UNIVAC 90/30
  • UNIVAC 90/40
  • UNIVAC 90/60
  • UNIVAC 90/70
  • UNIVAC 90/80

References

  1. ^ Article regarding the hostile takeover in The New York Times
  2. ^ Article on Wikipedia on the Sperry Corporation
  3. S2CID 10278494
    . Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. . Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  5. . Retrieved 15 September 2023.
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  7. ^ "UNIVAC 422". www.smecc.org. Archived from the original on 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  8. ^ Weik, Martin H. (Jan 1964). "UNIVAC 422 TRNG COMP". ed-thelen.org. A Fourth Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems. Archived from the original on 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  9. ^ K, Special (1 October 2008). "Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) - fly me to the Moon". TO THE MOON, MARS, AND BEYOND. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  10. ^ Weik, Martin H. (Jan 1964). "UNIVAC DIG TRNR". ed-thelen.org. A Fourth Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems. Archived from the original on 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  11. ISSN 0021-9444
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  12. ^ "CSDL | IEEE Computer Society" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  13. ^ "A Collection of Utility Processors and Libraries for Unisys 2200 ClearPath Mainframes". Leist. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  14. ^ "MAPPER", Wikipedia, date

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