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maintenance system continued to be handled by Pioneer on the IBM
System 36 using the Local Software until Burroughs completed that
portion of the software sometime around January 1986. Until
then, the inventory information was passed between the IBM System
36 computer and the Burroughs computer on a daily basis. Even
after the Burroughs computer was handling inventory maintenance,
Pioneer continued to generate certain reports related to
inventory and rework inventory (i.e., returned merchandise) using
the Local Software on the IBM System 36 until early 1993.
During the development of the National Software, Mr.
Pfeiffer added several improvements to the Local Software, which
continued to be used in HSC’s business in the Tampa Bay area.
Mr. Pfeiffer also added specific modules in the Local Software to
handle the functions required by HSN. These modules provided a
backup system in case the Burroughs system was not ready or
failed in operation.
On June 17, 1985, HSN hired Stella Tavilla and Carl Brewer
to run the Burroughs computer system for HSN. By that time, all
the design and specifications of the order entry system had been
completed, although Burroughs was still performing the code
writing, programming, and testing in anticipation of the July, 1,
1985, deadline.
On July 1, 1985, HSN began operating in a studio located in
the Levitz Shopping Center in Clearwater, Florida, separate from
HSC’s operations. Although HSN and HSC used the same warehouse
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