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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>You would also find a lot of discussion of contracts for software and services in the ADPASO archives at CBI. <a href="https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/3/resources/286">https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/3/resources/286</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ADAPSO was a trade organization which began with service bureaus and diversified into software. Helping its member companies produce contracts was a significant focus of its operations, and it produced model contracts of various kinds for their use, eventually leading to a <i>Contracts Reference Directory</i>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many years ago I worked with these papers to produce a short series on its history in IEEE Annals.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>"ADAPSO and the Service Bureau Industry, 1961-1968," <i>IEEE Annals of the History of Computing</i> 26:1 (January-March 2004): 78-85. <a href="https://www.tomandmaria.com/Tom/Writing/ADAPSOprt1Article.pdf">https://www.tomandmaria.com/Tom/Writing/ADAPSOprt1Article.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>"ADAPSO, Timesharing Firms and Software Companies, 1968-1975," <i>IEEE Annals of the History of Computing</i> 27:1 (January-March 2005): 67-73. <a href="https://www.tomandmaria.com/Tom/Writing/ADAPSOprt2.pdf">https://www.tomandmaria.com/Tom/Writing/ADAPSOprt2.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>"ADAPSO, Regulated Competition, and Professional Services: 1976-1986" <i>IEEE Annals of the History of Computing </i>27:2 (April-June 2005): 89-93. <a href="https://www.tomandmaria.com/Tom/Writing/ADAPSOprt3Article.pdf">https://www.tomandmaria.com/Tom/Writing/ADAPSOprt3Article.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Tom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thomas Haigh<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Professor & Chair, UWM History Department<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chair, IEEE Computer Society History Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director, ACM History Committee Turing Awards Project<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>See more at <a href="http://www.tomandmaria.com/Tom"><span style='color:#467886'>www.tomandmaria.com/Tom</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>anushka via Members<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 8, 2025 12:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> members@lists.sigcis.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [SIGCIS-Members] Looking for earliest mainframe contracts and computer contracts archive<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear SIGCIS members<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I was wondering if someone has any mainframe and/or supercomputer contracts? or if there is an archive of computer contracts? jurisdictions and time periods, no bar although the older the better. The query is fairly broad so time share, leases, procurement contracts across contexts are very welcome :) I wish to look at the evolution of vendor restrictions (if any, although i think there would be ?)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Happy to e-meet you all!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Anushka<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>PhD Candidate, Institute for Information Law<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>University of Amsterdam <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sent with <a href="https://proton.me/mail/home" target="_blank">Proton Mail</a> secure email. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>