EXCESS BURROUGHS COMPUTER SYSTEMS MEETING

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CIA-RDP85-00142R000100020017-3
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RIPPUB
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U
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5
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December 22, 2016
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May 17, 2010
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17
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Publication Date: 
March 14, 1983
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MEMO
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/05/17: CIA-RDP85-00142R000100020017-3 RQQM ,1~0. BUILDING Has FORM N0. REPLACES FORM 36-5 (47) ae. 5 241 Wuuw u.v ee ueen Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/05/17: CIA-RDP85-00142R000100020017-3 -TRANSMITTAL SLIP DAIIi March 1983 TO: O/Director of Data Processing %SIBS- R?r or. BuH IN G 2 2 REMARKS: Your cy returned. FROM: O/DDA Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/05/17: CIA-RDP85-00142R000100020017-3 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY ,?" . A `21 M 83 SUBJECT: Excess Burroughs Computer Systems Meeting 1. Representatives from the National Security Agency, (NSA), the Navy Supply Systems Command (NSSC), Burroughs Corporation, TRW, and myself met on 1 March 1983 at the TRW SAFE Facility, Torrance, California. The purpose of the meeting was to: a) enable NSA and NSSC to inventory and tag for shipment the specific systems they have agreed to acquire; b) to resolve discrepancies between the actual system configurations and differing inventory lists available to the Government; c) to determine what spare Government-owned Burroughs circuit card assemblies (CCAs) are stored at the TRW SAFE facility that can be released to GSA; d) to discuss equipment transfer plans; and e) to inventory and tag the remaining systems. Tha in dividuals involved in the pre-transfer activities were of NSA, Hardware Configuration; Jerry Syfert, the Burroughs Support Engineer responsible for systems reinstallation at NSA; Russell Stokes, the NSSC ADP Manager; John Firth, the Burroughs Field Engineer responsible for reinstallation of the systems at NSSC and also the primary engineer during the original system installations at the California site; and Leo Abang, the TRW SAFE material manager until his transfer to another TRW project. The trip duration, including travel-time, was three days. The participants were cooperative and accommodating - a two-day inventory was compressed into a long single day effort and also Leo Abang, the TRW representative, returned from his current job to assist in the inventory efforts. The goals of the trip were met which will enable the Government to go forward with the transfer of the assigned (3) Burroughs systems. 3. Prior to the Burroughs systems becoming excess to the Agency's needs due to the redirection of the SAFE project, Burroughs Corporation and TRW had completed several system upgrades and some components had been exchanged between the installed systems. These configuration changes were identified and associated with specific systems (the inventories had only identified the change - not the system the change was applied to). There is FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Page 1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/05/17: CIA-RDP85-00142R000100020017-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/05/17: CIA-RDP85-00142R000100020017-3 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY also a significant number of standard CCAs, acquired for use with the Burroughs Processor Interface Unit (PIU) development, stored on-site. Where possible the spare CCAs were assigned to a particular system. However, most of the CCAs cannot be used with the systems and will, with CSPO approval, be released to the GSA excess equipment program for re-use elsewhere. 4. The status of the excess Burroughs systems is as follows: o The Dual B7800 which is being acquired by NSA has been tagged for disassembly into two single B7800 systems and shipment to Ft. Meade and a facility in Washington state. The Dual B7800 is being provided to NSA at no cost, however, NSA is required to absorb the system(s) transfer costs. o Two B6900s have been tagged for shipment to the NSSC. NSSC is preparing the paperwork to reimburse the SAFE Project $100,000 as payment for the two systems. This is the approximate amount outstanding to Burroughs Corporation for these two systems. o The three remaining unassigned B6900 systems in the the West Coast facility were tagged by system number for ease of future transfer. At the SAFE Project's request, a removable databank, type B9484-51, s/n 195979216, was tagged for shipment to DIA. The unit will be shipped to DIA at the time the NSA and NSSC systems are shipped. This will reduce the disk storage capabilities of the number three B6900 to non-removable disk storage. The replacement cost of the removable unit is approximately $23,000. o There are three B6900 systems located at the Burroughs Corporation's Paoli, Penn. facility awaiting disposition by the Government. These are the new smaller models (the mainframe has been reduced by 20 - 30 percent and is now an I-frame rather then a T-frame). The peripherals remain the same size. o The ninth and final B6900 which was installed in the CIA's Northside Computer Center was earlier accepted by NSA and placed into storage awaiting site preparation completion at NSA. NSA is preparing a $37,000 MIPR to provide payment to CIA for this system. 5. Burroughs has action items to provide transfer cost estimates for the NSA B7800 systems and the two NSSC B,6900s. NSA has asked CIA to contract for the NSA equipment transfers (NSA will reimburse the CIA). A letter is being prepared by NSA to document FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Page 2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/05/17: CIA-RDP85-00142R000100020017-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/05/17: CIA-RDP85-00142R000100020017-3 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY that request. NSSC plans to separately arrange for transfer of their two systems but timed to coincide with the NSA transfer. I will act as coordinator for these activities. 6. Both NSA and NSSC are prepared to accept the three respective systems immediately. However, CSPO has stated that NSSC must first MIPR the $100,000 payment and I have asked NSA to forward a letter formally requesting CIA to arrange equipment transfer, including the reimbursement terms, prior to the actual transfer. CC: D/ODP (Trip Report) C/MS C/P&PG D/CSPO CO/CSPO C/AS/CSPO FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Page 3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/05/17: CIA-RDP85-00142R000100020017-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/05/17: CIA-RDP85-00142R000100020017-3 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY SUBJECT: Excess Burroughs Computer Systems Meeting '"2 - D/ODP (Trip Report) 1 - C/MS (AIM) 1 - C/P&PG 1 - D/CSPO (AIM) 1 - CO/CSPO 1 - C/AS/CSPO 1 - MS/Chrono 1 - MS/Subject file (Excess Equipment - SAFE Burroughs) 2 - ODP Registry FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Page 4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/05/17: CIA-RDP85-00142R000100020017-3