Talk:General Mills/Archives/2015

Millsberry
What happened to the official page? Its an extensive game that deserves more than a short paragraph. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.111.124.220 (talk) 01:36, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I sort of agree- I came here searching for the online game, not the cereal company. (I know the company owns the game, but it does diserves at least something.) Chocohall (talk) 05:10, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

'''I agree completely. There was so much that millsberry contained and had that it deserves it's own page, not even just a small section. I'm willing to help create such a page if interested.''' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.131.24.148 (talk) 21:30, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I have taken the liberty of starting up a wiki page for Millsburry, anyone who wants to add to it is welcome. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dagger brent (talk • contribs) 17:45, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Please build its section within this article summary style before making such an article. I doubt there are enough sources for the game to sustain its own article. Eye close font awesome.svg czar ⨹   13:23, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Minneapolis category?
This is in the "Companies based in Minneapolis, Minnesota" category. But the headquarters is in Golden Valley, Minnesota. So how is the Minneapolis category justified? SlowJog (talk) 01:44, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Lionel Trains?
Didn't General Mills acquire and produce Lionel Trains through MPC for a while during the late 60's, and 70's?

Shouldn't this be included?

Electronics
Most people do not know that General Mills has had a history of industrial production in the areas of warfare, weapons, submarines (deep sea Alvin), and electonics. These objects are produced along side their cereal equipment production.

Here is some starter information, I feel this part warrants it's own main article. General Mills Electronics Group (established 1961) General Mills Wiring and Chassis General Mills Wiring and Chassis
 * http://www.cbi.umn.edu/resources/mncomphist-f.html

During World War II, General Mills became involved in the production of naval gun sights, torpedo directors and other military equipment. The food giant continued this production after the war, when it produced 2,000 bomb sights for the U.S. Air Force's B47 bomber. The manufacture of other military equipment, as well as the bomb sight, developed into the Mechanical Division of the company. Approximately 1957, the company formally established a digital computer laboratory at its East Hennepin Ave. facility in Minneapolis.

June 28, 1957 the Mechanical Division was awarded a contract by the Engineer Research and Development Laboratories, Corps of Engineers, for the development of an Automatic Position Survey Equipment used to conduct first order astronomic surveys of the Earth's surface. It utilized a computer developed by General Mills known as the Automatic Position Survey Analyzer and Computer (APSAC). APSAC used a 512 word core memory (6-bit words).


 * March 14, 1960 General Mills announced a new computer, the General Mills' 2003, an all transistorized general purpose computer with a 4k core memory (36-bit word). Francis Alterman was manager of the digital computer laboratory.


 * June 1961 General Mills reorganized such operations under the Electronics Group, which included Electronic and Mechanical Defense Products, Balloon and Aerospace Systems, Automatic Handling Equipment and Research. Richard A. Wilson directed the operation of the Group. Subsidiaries of the Group included Magnaflux Corporation (Chicago), and the Daven Co. (with operation in NJ and NH).


 * October 1961 General Mills delivered the AD/ECS-37 computer to NASA for use in the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory Program. A different version, the AD/ECS-20, was used in a classified military program.

Sources: Upper Midwest Investor, (November 1961) 17-18. General Mills Corporation press releases. Computer Product Literature Collection (CBI 12), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. General Mills Corporation product literature. Computer Product Literature Collection (CBI 12), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. --24.144.69.95 00:21, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * January 25, 1962 Richard A. Wilson announced a step-up on the company's computer production. Irving Cohen, formerly of Burroughs Corporation, was named manager of computer development; Richard Quinn was named assistant manager of the Computer Development Laboratory; and George Grayson was project manager of the AD/ECS-37.


 * I agree that the bomb sight and other war manufacturing, and the computer systems manufacturing done by General Mills starting in or after the second world war is notable and should be described in the article. However, it does not deserve a separate article, just references in the appropriate computer history articles. David Spector (talk) 17:05, 5 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I added a section for Aeronautics Research Division and Electronics Division; it's brief and could use expanding, but I thought it was important to have at least some reference in the article. 134.223.230.158 (talk) 15:19, 15 December 2015 (UTC)