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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

The Army codebreaking group was the Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) at Arlington Hall. Parker became President, and got 50% of the company’s equity for a $20,000 investment (equal to $315K today) and guaranteed a $200,000 line of credit (equal to $3M today). A contract for a system named O’Malley followed.

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