Rudan, John W.2004-01-292004-01-292004-01-29https://hdl.handle.net/1813/82A print on demand of these books and articles can be obtained from Cornell Business Services (CBS) Digital Services by sending e-mail to digital@cornell.edu or calling 607.255.2524. In the body of the message include the identifier.uri for the book or article, and ask to be contacted regarding payment.To read the original interviews conducted by John Rudan, please visit the "Oral and Personal Histories of Computing at Cornell, available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170105173943/http://www2.cit.cornell.edu/computer/history/John W. Rudan, Director Emeritus of the Office of Information Technologies at Cornell University, describes the development of computing at Cornell, from the earliest punchcard tabulating equipment used in the 1920s to the establishment of the Supercomputing Center in the late 1980s and subsequent activities in the 1990s.463152 bytesapplication/pdfen-USThe early days of punched card systemsThe beginning and increasing use of computers in instructionUse of computers to support university research activities; statistical programsUse of computers for data processing for university business systemsOperating system and programming language software developed at CornellComputer Science Department and use of computers in instructionMicrocomputers/Personal computers on campus; sales and supportText and Word Processing Developments, Desktop PublishingSupercomputing at CornellLibrary use of Information Technology (Mass Storage and Printing Technologies)The transition from Computing to Information TechnologyTelecommunications and telephone systemsNSFNet and its evolution to the InternetNetwork developments and systems at CornellElectronic Mail developments and use at CornellCUINFO, CU-SeeMe, Project Mandarin, Bear AccessCornell leadership activities in computing/IT and networking applications and technologyY2K - the year 2000 transition at CornellP2K - Project 2000 (the transformation of business systems at Cornell)Time lines of computing/IT activities at Cornell (Appendix)book