Comments on: Daniel N. Leeson

By: Eileen Seaboldt

Eileen Seaboldt — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:11:40 +0000

I worked with Roy Nutt on a special task force project for IBM in the early 1960’s. I was just a young married woman at the time, but Roy promised me that if I bought CSC stock when it went public, I would not be sorry. Unfortunately, at the time we were building a home and were only able to buy a couple of shares. But we have held onto those shares and as he promised, never been sorry. He was one of the nicest people I ever encountered in the business world.

By: Dusty Decks » Blog Archive » As you sow so shall you reap

Dusty Decks » Blog Archive » As you sow so shall you reap — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:44:02 +0000

[...] The effort in creating this weblog was quickly rewarded in the form of comments and email from readers. First Micah Nutt, son of Roy Nutt, commented that his family has possession of Roy’s collection of business documents and memorabilia, including some Fortran-related microfiche mentioned by Daniel N. Leeson. Micah told me: The fiche I have is most likely the same as the set my father donated to the IBM library in 1982 for the 25th anniversary of FORTRAN. The contents appear to be the specifications, flowcharts, mathematical analysis and source code for FORTRAN along with (at least part of) the user’s manual. The documents are a mix of hand written and machine based (some with hand written edits and notes). There are 23 micro fiche with 50 pages per (most are full). I actually have two identical sets. [...]

By: Dusty Decks » Blog Archive » FORTRAN 25th anniversary film online

Dusty Decks » Blog Archive » FORTRAN 25th anniversary film online — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 01:37:57 +0000

[...] t number X2843.2005, donated by Daniel N. Leeson. Windows Media Video (12.8 megabytes) (Daniel N. Leeson describes this film in his article “IBM FORTRAN Exhibit and Film [...]

By: Peter Capek

Peter Capek — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:46:45 +0000

Alas, it’s no longer true that “IBM [has] a facility in Armonk where they archived the last copy of every machine..” IBM for many years had a substantial “historical collection”, and it still exists, but is a mere shadow of its former self. Time and budgets have taken a toll. The collection included an instance – often in working condition – of many machines. While it still includes many key machines, the collection is now spread out – much of it is on display in places like the building lobbies at IBM Somers – and some one-of-a-kind machines, like the rather large Harvest, have been scrapped.

By: Leif Harcke

Leif Harcke — Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:02:23 +0000

The microfilm in Micah's possession probably contains the source to the Fortran I compiler. IBM and SHARE distributed most of their detailed software documentation on microfilm back in the day. Norm Hardy refers to the Fortran I source on microfilm in his essay Fortran at Livermore.

By: Micah Nutt

Micah Nutt — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 13:41:48 +0000

As one of Roy Nutt’s four children I can assure you that my mother Ruth did not dispose of Roy’s collection of business documents and memorabilia. I am in custody of the FORTRAN microfilm; Ruth has many boxes which I have yet to fully organize. Roy died of lung cancer June 14th 1990.