<s>
The	B-Application
COED	I-Application
Project	I-Application
,	O
or	O
the	B-Application
COmmunications	I-Application
and	I-Application
EDiting	I-Application
Project	I-Application
,	O
was	O
an	O
innovative	O
software	O
project	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Computer	O
Division	O
of	O
NOAA	O
,	O
US	O
Department	O
of	O
Commerce	O
in	O
Boulder	O
,	O
Colorado	O
in	O
the	O
1970s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
division	O
previously	O
had	O
a	O
history	O
of	O
frequently	O
replacing	O
its	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
a	O
CDC	B-Device
1604	I-Device
,	O
then	O
a	O
CDC	O
3600	O
,	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
CDC	B-Device
3800s	I-Device
,	O
and	O
finally	O
a	O
CDC	B-Device
6600	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
department	O
also	O
had	O
an	O
XDS	B-Device
940	I-Device
timesharing	O
system	O
which	O
would	O
support	O
up	O
to	O
32	O
users	O
on	O
dial-up	O
modems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
COED	I-Application
project	I-Application
was	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
study	O
group	O
convened	O
to	O
solve	O
this	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
COED	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
and	O
implemented	O
in	O
long	O
hours	O
of	O
overtime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
data	O
communications	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
fully	O
implemented	O
and	O
resulted	O
in	O
greatly	O
improved	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
XDS	B-Device
940	I-Device
and	O
CDC	B-Device
6600	I-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1976	O
:	O
(	O
April	O
8	O
)	O
First	O
communication	O
through	O
COED	B-Application
to	O
XDS	B-Device
940	I-Device
worked	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Ralph	O
Slutz	O
,	O
George	O
Sugar	O
,	O
Jim	O
Winkelman	O
and	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
COED	B-Application
implementors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
COED	B-Application
implementors	O
were	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
6600	O
interface	O
to	O
COED	B-Application
was	O
implemented	O
by	O
Anthony	O
Brittain	O
,	O
Dan	O
Dechatelets	O
and	O
Kathy	O
Browne	O
.	O
</s>
