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In April 1955, Minneapolis-Honeywell started a joint venture with [[Raytheon Company|Raytheon]] called Datamatic to enter the computer market and compete with [[IBM]].{{r|Rodengen-1995|page=118}} In 1957, its first computer, the [[DATAmatic 1000]], was sold and installed. By the release of the DATAmatic 1000, however, Minneapolis-Honeywell bought Raytheon's interest in Datamatic and turned it into the Electronic Data Processing division, later Honeywell Information Systems (HIS) of Minneapolis-Honeywell.{{r|Rodengen-1995|page=118}} |
In April 1955, Minneapolis-Honeywell started a joint venture with [[Raytheon Company|Raytheon]] called Datamatic to enter the computer market and compete with [[IBM]].{{r|Rodengen-1995|page=118}} In 1957, its first computer, the [[DATAmatic 1000]], was sold and installed. By the release of the DATAmatic 1000, however, Minneapolis-Honeywell bought Raytheon's interest in Datamatic and turned it into the Electronic Data Processing division, later Honeywell Information Systems (HIS) of Minneapolis-Honeywell.{{r|Rodengen-1995|page=118}} |
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Honeywell purchased minicomputer pioneer [[Computer Control Corporation]] (3C's) in 1966, renaming it as Honeywell's Computer Control Division. Through most of the 1960s, Honeywell was one of the "[[BUNCH|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]" of computing. IBM was "Snow White", while the dwarfs were the seven significantly smaller computer companies: [[Burroughs Corporation|Burroughs]], [[Control Data Corporation]], [[General Electric]], Honeywell, [[NCR |
Honeywell purchased minicomputer pioneer [[Computer Control Corporation]] (3C's) in 1966, renaming it as Honeywell's Computer Control Division. Through most of the 1960s, Honeywell was one of the "[[BUNCH|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]" of computing. IBM was "Snow White", while the dwarfs were the seven significantly smaller computer companies: [[Burroughs Corporation|Burroughs]], [[Control Data Corporation]], [[General Electric]], Honeywell, [[NCR Voyix|NCR]], [[RCA Corporation|RCA]], and [[UNIVAC]]. Later, when their number had been reduced to five,{{cite book |
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