Help sought on early IBM hard drive R&D

From: Michael Nadeau <menadeau_at_attbi.com>
Date: Sun Mar 30 12:15:01 2003

Can anyone answer her question? She is particularly interested in the years
1957-1962 when Building 014 was being built and then opened.

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Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 5:29 PM
Subject: Question


> I found the Classic Tech Publication website with many interesting
> articles. I am preparing a historical and architectural evaluation of
> the Advanced Research Building 025 on the IBM Cottle Road Campus as
> part of an EIR for the site. The majority of the campus was included in
> the sale of the IBM Hard Disk Drive Unit to Hitachi, however this
> building was excluded. It is proposed for demolition and the site to be
> redeveloped. The building has architectural significance as one of the
> finest examples of the Modern Industrial style (1940-1985) in San Jose.
> The question that has not been adequately answered is what research or
> prototype occurred in this building. It is suggested that the flying
> head research was done in this building. The building was designed for
> Reynold Johnson's design team which moved from 99 Almaden in San Jose.
> Can you direct me to information that would identify the research
> conducted in this building?
> Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
> Bonnie Bamburg
>
Michael Nadeau
Editor/Publisher
Classic Tech, the Vintage Computing Resource
www.classictechpub.com
Received on Sun Mar 30 2003 - 12:15:01 BST