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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. Sales in their first fiscal year were $1.5 A contract for a system named O’Malley followed. ERA asked the NSA for permission to offer the computer for commercial sale. This was not a harmonious arrangement. A year later, 420.

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