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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Gerhard Mansbach Collection of Technology Manuals, 1963-1995, Ms2022-069, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The Gerhard Mansbach Collection of Technology Manuals was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 2019.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Gerhard Mansbach Collection of Technology Manuals commenced in October 2022 and completed in November 2022.
Biographical Note
Gerhard Mansbach (Gerry) was born in Kassel, Germany, on December 5, 1928. He immigrated to New York City on November 14, 1936, during the Nazi era of Jewish persecution in Germany. Mansbach graduated from Dewitt Clinton High School in New York City before obtaining a degree from the University of Chicago. He went on to become a self-taught computer programmer in the 1960s while working with punch card systems for the Department of Public Works in Boston. There he produced a data-driven United States Commerce Department of Public Roads report, "Cape Cod Tourist Study," measuring the mid-1960s tourism impact on Cape Cod.
From 1969-1980, Mansbach was employed by the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he programmed guidance systems for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Apollo Missions and for General Motors autobody-stamping machine robotics for Fiat S.p.A. ( Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino ).
In retirement, Mansbach created a musical brailer for the vision-impaired; a software product for fluid-inclusion studies, "Overlay Assistant," with spectrometer for Virginia Tech's Geology Department; and a biosensor monitoring software for Biological Monitoring, Incorporated (BMI) in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Content Description
The Gerhard Mansbach Collection of Technology Manuals primarily consists of technology reference and technical manuals. Most manuals in this collection were created by the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), though there are also manuals created by Borland International, Commodore International, Digitial Equipment Corporation, Government Publications, Honeywell, and Intel. Also included in the collection are materials relating to the Cape Cod Tourist Study and the Overlay Assistant project which Mansbach worked on. The collection also contains several books, most of which are about programming, as well as demo software floppy disks for the Overlay Assistant project, and software disks for Borland International and Boston Computer Society products.
Arrangement
Series I: Projects contains materials relating to projects that Gerhard Mansbach worked on. Subseries I: Overlay Assistant - Department of Geology, Virginia Tech contains materials relating to the Overlay Assistant project that Gerhard Mansbach worked on. This subseries also contains user manuals, promotional materials, a demo disk, and general correspondence relating to the project. Series II: Reference Materials contains technical manuals, software, books, and promotional brochures. Subseries I: Technical Manuals contains technical reference manuals for different pieces of technology. Sub-Subseries I: Borland International Sub-Subseries II: Commodore International Sub-Subseries III: Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) Sub-Subseries IV: Government Publications Sub-Subseries V: Intel Corporation Sub-Subseries VI: International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Sub-Subseries VII: Motorola, Inc. Subseries II: Software contains a software package created by Borland International, eight floppy disks from the Boston Computer Society, and several other floppy disks. Subseries III: Books contains five books, most of which include information about computer programming.Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Computer software industry -- United States -- History
- Science and Technology
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Gerhard Mansbach Collection of Technology Manuals by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Container List
- box-folder 1 folder: 1
Cape Cod Tourist Survey1965
- Subseries I: Overlay Assistant1993-1994
- box-folder 2 folder: 1
Overlay Assistant User's Manual V 1.0 Rev 01993
- box-folder 2 folder: 2
Overlay Assistant User's Manual V 1.0 Rev 11994
- box-folder 2 folder: 3
Overlay Assistant Correspondence1994
- box-folder 2 folder: 4
Overlay Assistant Software Disks1994, undated
- box-folder 2 folder: 5
Overlay Assistant - Promotional Materials1994, undated
- box-folder 2 folder: 6
Overlay Assistant - Technical Materials1994, undated
- box-folder 2 folder: 1
- Subseries I: Technical Manuals1964-1990, undated
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Sub-Subseries I: Borland International1990
- box-folder 1 folder: 24
Immediate Database Power: Introduction1990
- box-folder 1 folder: 25
Immediate Database Power: Network Administrators Guide1990
- box-folder 1 folder: 26
Immediate Database Power: PAL User's Guide1990
- box-folder 1 folder: 27
Immediate Database Power: Personal Programmer Guide1990
- box-folder 1 folder: 28
Immediate Database Power: Presenting Data1990
- box-folder 1 folder: 29
Immediate Database Power: User's Guide1990
- box-folder 1 folder: 24
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Sub-Subseries II: Commodore International1985-08
- box-folder 1 folder: 2
AmigaDOS Developer's Manual1985-08
- box-folder 1 folder: 3
AmigaDOS Technical Reference Manual1985-08
- box-folder 1 folder: 4
AmigaDOS User's Manual1985-08
- box-folder 1 folder: 5
Amiga Enhancer Software1985-08
- box-folder 1 folder: 6
Amiga Hardware Manual1985-08
- box-folder 1 folder: 7
Intuition: The Amiga User Interface1985-08
- box-folder 1 folder: 8
Lattice C Compiler Manual1985-08
- box-folder 1 folder: 9
ROM Kernel Manual Volume 11985-08
- box-folder 1 folder: 10
ROM Kernel Manual1985-08
- box-folder 1 folder: 2
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Sub-Subseries III: Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)1970-1973
- box-folder 1 folder: 11
PDP-15 User's Handbook Vol. 1 Processor1970
- box-folder 1 folder: 12
PDP-15 User's Handbook Vol. 2 Peripherals1970
- box-folder 1 folder: 13
PDP-15 Systems Interface Manual1971
- box-folder 1 folder: 14
PDP-15 Systems Reference Manual1971
- box-folder 1 folder: 15
PDP-15 Systems Macro-15 Assembler1971
- box-folder 1 folder: 16
PDP-15 Systems TC59 Magnetic Tape Transport Control1973
- box-folder 1 folder: 11
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Sub-Subseries IV: Government Publications1970-08-1973-02
- box-folder 2 folder: 21
Analysis of Major Computer Operating Systems1970-08
- box-folder 2 folder: 22
Guidelines for the Design and Implementation of Reliable Software Systems1973-02
- box-folder 2 folder: 21
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Sub-Subseries V: Intel Corporation1980-1984
- box-folder 2 folder: 7-8
ASM86 Language Reference Manual1983
- box-folder 2 folder: 9
Getting Started With the Numeric Data Processor1980
- box-folder 2 folder: 10
80287 80-Bit HMOS Numeric Processor Extension1983
- box-folder 2 folder: 11
8027 Numeric Coprocessor Benchmark Report1984
- box-folder 2 folder: 12
8087 Numeric Data Coprocessor1984
- box-folder 2 folder: 7-8
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Sub-Subseries VI: International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)1964-1986
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Subseries I: IBM Systems Reference Library1963-1974
- box-folder 2 folder: 24
IBM System/360 Operating System: Introduction1972-11
- box-folder 2 folder: 26
IBM System/360 Instruction Timing Information1964
- box-folder 2 folder: 30
IBM System/360 Operating System: Programmer's Guide to Debugging1974
- box-folder 2 folder: 33
IBM System/360 Operating System: System Control Blocks1973
- box-folder 4 folder: 4
IBM System/360 Operating System Assembler Language1970
- box-folder 2 folder: 34 box-folder 3 folder: 1
IBM System/360 Operating System Assembler (F) Programmer's Guide1970
- box-folder 3 folder: 23
IBM System/360 Operating System: Tape Labels1968
- box-folder 3 folder: 24
IBM System/360 Component Description: 2841 Storage Control; 2302 Disk Storage, Models 3 and 4; 2311 Disk Storage Drive; 2321 Data Cell Drive; 2302 Drum Storageundated
- box-folder 3 folder: 17
IBM OS Linkage Editor and Loader: Program Numbers 360S-ED-510; 360S-ED-521; 360S-LD-5471973
- box-folder 3 folder: 18
IBM 1231, 1232 Optical Mark Page Readers1963
- box-folder 3 folder: 19
IBM 1401 System Summary1964
- box-folder 3 folder: 20
IBM 1403 Printer Component Description1966
- box-folder 3 folder: 21
IBM 1443 Printer Models 1, 2, and N1; IBM 1445 Printer Models 1 and N11967
- box-folder 3 folder: 22
IBM 729, 7330, and 727 Magnetic Tape Units: Principles of Operation1964
- box-folder 3 folder: 30
IBM 1620 Monitor I System Reference Manual1964
- box-folder 3 folder: 26
Input/Output Control System (on Disk) Specifications IBM 1401 and 14601964
- box-folder 3 folder: 8
OS Data Management Macro Instructions1973
- box-folder 3 folder: 16
Program Specifications and Operating Procedures IBM 1401, 1440, and 14601964
- box-folder 3 folder: 28
Special Feature Instructions IBM 1401 Data Processing System and IBM 1460 Data Processing Systems1964
- box-folder 2 folder: 24
- box-folder 2 folder: 23
A PL/I Primer Student Text1965
- box-folder 3 folder: 4
A Programmer's Introduction to the IBM System/370 Architecture, Instructions, and Assembler Language Student Text1965
- box-folder 3 folder: 27
Autocoder (on Disk) Language Specifications IBM 1401, 1440, and 14601965
- box-folder 4 folder: 1
IBM PC Technical Report Volume 11986, undated
- box-folder 2 folder: 25
IBM System/360 Introductory Notes Student Text1964
- box-folder 2 folder: 27
IBM System/360 Initial Program Loader and Nucleus Initialization Program Logic Manual1967
- box-folder 2 folder: 28
IBM System/360 Operating Systems Direct Access Device Space Manual1967
- box-folder 2 folder: 29
Introduction to IBM Direct-Access Storage Devices and Organization Methods1974
- box-folder 2 folder: 31
Introduction to OS/VS2 Release 21973
- box-folder 2 folder: 32
Introduction to Structured Programming in PL/11977
- box-folder 3 folder: 25
Introduction to IBM System/360 Direct Access Storage Devices and Organization Methods1966
- box-folder 3 folder: 2
IBM System/370 Principles of Operation1974
- box-folder 3 folder: 3
IBM System/370 Principles of Operation1980
- box-folder 3 folder: 5
IBM System/360 Input/Output Operations1965
- box-folder 3 folder: 6
OS and DOS PL/1 Language Reference Manual1981
- box-folder 3 folder: 7
OS Assembler H General Information Manual1972
- box-folder 3 folder: 9
OS/VS-DOS/VS-VM/370 Assembler Language1975
- box-folder 3 folder: 10-11
OS/VS-DOS/VSE-VM/370 Assembler Language1979
- box-folder 3 folder: 12
OS/VS-VM/370 Assembler Programmer's Guide1975
- box-folder 3 folder: 13
OS/VS2 MVS Hierarchical Storage Manager System Programmer's Reference and Operations Guide1977
- box-folder 3 folder: 14-15
OS PL/1 Checkout and Optimizing Compliers: Language Reference Manual1976
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Sub-Subseries VII: Motorola, Inc.1986-1990-05
- box-folder 1 folder: 17
Addendum to M68HC11EVB Evaluation Board User's Manual M68HC11EVB/D11987-10
- box-folder 1 folder: 18
EVB/EVM/EVS Application Note (EVB/EVM/EVS to PC Interfacing)1990-05
- box-folder 1 folder: 19
EVB/EVM/EVS Application Note (PC to EVB/EVM/EVS Downloading)1990-05
- box-folder 1 folder: 20
EVB Application Note (Special Test Mode Operation)1988-09
- box-folder 1 folder: 21
EVB/EVM/EVS Application Note (Third Party Software Vendors)1990-05
- box-folder 1 folder: 22
CONFIG Register Issues Concerning the M68HC111988
- box-folder 1 folder: 23
MC68HC11 EEPROM Programming for a Personal Computer1988
- box-folder 2 folder: 20
M68HC11EVB Evaluation Board User's Manual1986
- box-folder 1 folder: 17
- box-folder 4 folder: 2
Apple Computer, Inc. | Apple Language System Installation and Operating Manual1979
- box-folder 4 folder: 3
D. Austin Henderson, Jr. | A Description of Simple AMBIT/G - A Graphical Programming Language1969
- box-folder 4 folder: 6
Amdahl Corporation | Amdahl 470 V/6 Machine Reference Manual1976
- box-folder 4 folder: 7
Amdek, Inc. | Amdek Model Video 300 Owner's Manualundated
- box-folder 4 folder: 8
Hewlett Packard | Application Note 222-4, Guidelines for Signature Analysis: Understanding the Signature Measurement1981
- box-folder 5 folder: 1
Honeywell Electronic Data Processing | Honeywell 1800 Programmer's Reference Manual1964
- box-folder 5 folder: 3
PERCOM | PERCOM Internal Diskette Drives for the IBM Personal Computer1982
- box-folder 5 folder: 4
William F. Luebbert | The Guide to What's Where in the Apple, Volume 11981-04
- box-folder 5 folder: 5
William F. Luebbert | The Guide to What's Where in the Apple, Volume 21981
- box-folder 5 folder: 7
CompuView, Inc. | VEDIT Customizable Full Screen Editor1981
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- Subseries II: Software1982-1990, undated.
- box-folder 1 folder: 30
Borland International | Paradox Software Package1990
- box-folder 4 folder: 10
The Boston Computer Society | The Boston Computer Society PC Group Disks 1-81982
- box-folder 4 folder: 11
DOS Talks and Software Diskundated
- box-folder 1 folder: 30
- Subseries III: Books1965-1984
- box-folder 2 folder: 13
Ivan Flores | Computer Programming, 2nd Ed.1966
- box-folder 2 folder: 14
Ivan Flores | Computer Software: Programming Systems for Digital Computers, 2nd Ed.1965
- box-folder 2 folder: 15
RCA Solid State | Databook: CMOS Integrated Circuits1983
- box-folder 2 folder: 16
Optical Electronics Incorporated | OEI Product Catalog: Analog Solutions1984
- box-folder 2 folder: 17
Digital Equipment Corporation | The Digital Logic Handbook1966
- box-folder 2 folder: 13
- box-folder 2 folder: 18
Notes for a seminar on Data Structures in Programming Languages1971-12
- box-folder 2 folder: 19
Command Systems, Inc. | Command Systems Corporation: Instructions and Technical Manual1985
- box-folder 4 folder: 5
The Boston Computer Society | Boston IBM Seed Disk Contents1982
- box-folder 5 folder: 2
PictureWare, Inc. | PicturePower Information Brochureundated
- box-folder 5 folder: 6
TRS-80 Micro Color Computer System Brochure1982
- box-folder 5 folder: 8
Honeywell Electronic Data Processing | Honeywell Layout Form-80 Column Cardundated