B5500 at Dallas Independent School District (DISD)

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Lee Courtney

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Nov 30, 2015, 3:27:31 PM11/30/15
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Hi folks - great project, and fantastic to see such good energy going into preserving history and emulation of this important machine.

Just a quick FYI - Dallas Texas schools (DISD) used a B5500 (or B5000, not sure which) up thru the late 1970s. Used for administrative and educational computing in the district. Sorry I have no direct experience or knowledge. A quick Google didn't turn up anything substantial.

Cheers,

Lee Courtney

Nigel Williams

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Nov 30, 2015, 4:10:49 PM11/30/15
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On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 7:27 AM, Lee Courtney <leec...@gmail.com> wrote:
Just a quick FYI - Dallas Texas schools (DISD) used a B5500 (or B5000, not sure which) up thru the late 1970s. Used for administrative and educational computing in the district. Sorry I have no direct experience or knowledge. A quick Google didn't turn up anything substantial.

Thanks Lee for the reference, I found a link to both machines in this report: Instructional Computing: Ten Case Studies, by Human Resources Research Organization of Alexandria published in 1978:


I've added both machines to the list of Burroughs B5500/6700/7700 sites maintained here:



Lee Courtney

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Jan 3, 2016, 2:12:40 AM1/3/16
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Hi NIgel,

Cleaning out my office I ran across the attached article I thought might be of interest. Enjoy!

Lee Courtney
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Burroughs Article.pdf
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