Billie Joe Call papers, 1974-1991
Part of collection: RCA Solid State Division records (2464-75)
Dates
- Creation: 1974-1991
Biographical Note
Billie Joe Call was born in Tennessee in 1942. His family moved to New Jersey, where he attended Trenton Junior College after graduating from high school. Call worked for the Solid State Technology Center, where he designed circuit boards and wrote code for systems that employed RCA’s COSMAC microprocessor.
Call was awarded a patent for his work and died in 2006.
Scope and Content
The Billie Joe Call papers are composed of schematics, notes, correspondence, and user manuals related to the research and development of systems that employed RCA’s COSMAC microprocessor. These included what RCA scientists called “FRED,” or flexible recreational and educational devices, such as Studio II, III, and IV, VIP, and Microtutor.
Arrangement
Folders arranged alphabetically by subject.
Extent
From the Collection: 5.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Additional Description
Access Restrictions
Records subject to 25-year time seal.
This collection contains material from the Manuscripts and Archives Department (M&A) and the Audiovisual Collections Department (AVD). Box prefixes indicate which department holds an individual file or item.
There are no viewing or listening stations for analog audio, video, or film in the reading room. To access this material, please place a digitization request for the item(s).
Negatives are housed in cold storage and must reacclimate prior to viewing (Box AVD-NG1). Please contact staff 48 hours in advance of research visit at askhagley@hagley.org
Arrangement
Folders arranged alphabetically by subject.
Processing Notes
Processed by Rachael A. Beyer, 2014.
Subjects
Related Names
Subject
- Call, Billie Joe, 1942-2006 (Person)
Creator
- From the Collection: RCA Corporation. Solid State Division (Organization)
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
