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Solid State: Land of 10,000 Secrets

Minnesota was home to the computer industry. Yet much of its work was highly classified.

10/12/2019

Solid State: Minnesota’s High-Tech History

Solid State: Land of 10,000 Secrets

Special | 1m 39sVideo has Closed Captions

Minnesota was home to the computer industry. Yet much of its work was highly classified.

Minnesota was home to the computer industry for decades, hosting global powerhouse companies like Univac, Control Data, IBM and Honeywell. Yet much of their creations were highly classified tools for the Cold War, so countless employees could say nothing of their work. In typical Minnesota fashion, little fanfare was made of our contributions to national security, mostly because no one knew.

10/12/2019

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Solid State: Minnesota’s High-Tech History is a local public television program presented by TPT

Solid State: Minnesota’s High-Tech History

Solid State: Land of 10,000 Secrets

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Minnesota was home to the computer industry for decades, hosting global powerhouse companies like Univac, Control Data, IBM and Honeywell. Yet much of their creations were highly classified tools for the Cold War, so countless employees could say nothing of their work. In typical Minnesota fashion, little fanfare was made of our contributions to national security, mostly because no one knew.

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