On This Day in Telephone History September 8TH 1966 the Bell System initiated central records storage and retrieval system. Ohio Bell began operation of an initial Business Information System for central storage of records that will become a pattern for the Bell System. The storage location was in Willoughby, Ohio, and was controlled by Ohio Bell's data-processing center in Cleveland. Under the plan, all records become instantaneously available via teletypewriter from any department in the company.

On This Day in Telephone History September 8TH 1966

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On This Day in Telephone History September 8TH 1966 the Bell System initiated central records storage and retrieval system. Ohio Bell began operation of an initial Business Information System for Central Storage of Records that will become a pattern for the Bell System. The storage location was in Willoughby, Ohio, and was controlled by Ohio Bell’s data-processing center in Cleveland. Under the plan, all records become instantaneously available via teletypewriter from any department in the company.