Sperry computer

02-03-2004, 06:50 PM

I watched an old movie on TV with Whoppie Goldberg (Jumping Jackflash
- 1986) and saw many Sperry computers. Whatever happened to that
company ?

02-04-2004, 12:20 AM

On 3 Feb 2004 10:50:41 -0800, (aniram) wrote:

>I watched an old movie on TV with Whoppie Goldberg (Jumping Jackflash
>- 1986) and saw many Sperry computers. Whatever happened to that
>company ?

Sperry Rand merged with Burroughs, then that combine merged with
Control Data, as I recall. Google probably knows.

02-04-2004, 02:47 PM

On 3 Feb 2004 10:50:41 -0800, in
< >,
(aniram) wrote:

>I watched an old movie on TV with Whoppie Goldberg (Jumping Jackflash
>- 1986) and saw many Sperry computers. Whatever happened to that
>company ?

They became Unisys. http://www.unisys.com

02-04-2004, 10:16 PM

The successor corporation is UniSys, who eventually left the PC market
"to concentrate on its core abilities" (i.e., it was bleeding to death
from financial losses in the highly competitive PC market).

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Julian <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> On 3 Feb 2004 10:50:41 -0800, (aniram) wrote:
>
> >I watched an old movie on TV with Whoppie Goldberg (Jumping Jackflash
> >- 1986) and saw many Sperry computers. Whatever happened to that
> >company ?
>
> Sperry Rand merged with Burroughs, then that combine merged with
> Control Data, as I recall. Google probably knows.

02-06-2004, 08:28 PM

(aniram) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> I watched an old movie on TV with Whoppie Goldberg (Jumping Jackflash
> - 1986) and saw many Sperry computers. Whatever happened to that
> company ?

It was a pretty good box, just another pc clone, most likely went the
same place Eagle comp did or did Burroughs buy them?

02-07-2004, 09:44 PM

On 6 Feb 2004 12:28:34 -0800, in
< >,
(hayseed) wrote:

> (aniram) wrote in message news:<. com>...
>> I watched an old movie on TV with Whoppie Goldberg (Jumping Jackflash
>> - 1986) and saw many Sperry computers. Whatever happened to that
>> company ?
>
>It was a pretty good box, just another pc clone, most likely went the
>same place Eagle comp did or did Burroughs buy them?

They changed their name to Unisys

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