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Data system company
Inforex Inc. corporation manufactured and sold key-to-disk data entry systems in the 1970s and mid-1980s. The company was founded by ex-IBM engineers to develop direct data entry systems that allowed information to be entered on terminals and stored directly on disk drives, replacing keypunch machines using punched cards or paper tape, which had been the dominant tools for data entry since the turn of the twentieth century. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: InforexA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The desktop credit managerThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: INFOREX-3.0: A database on experimental studies of phase equilibria in igneous rocks and synthetic systems: II. Data description and petrological applicationsCited 16 times
- Go sideways: IBM System/3A closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
INFOREX-3.0: A database on experimental studies of phase equilibria in igneous rocks and synthetic systems: II. Data description and petrological applications
INFOREX-3.0: A database on experimental studies of phase equilibria in igneous rocks and synthetic systems: I. Datafile and management system structure
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕The desktop credit managerSteven F. Haber · 1991
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