Birthing the computer from drums to cores

Birthing the computer : from drums to cores / by Stephen H. Kaisler.

Author/creator	Kaisler, Stephen H. (Stephen Hendrick)
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
Description	xxii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Computer architecture--History.

Contents	Introduction -- Part I: Magnetic drum machines -- 1 IBM 650 magnetic drum calculator -- 2 Royal McBee/Librascope machines -- 3 Bendix G machines -- Further reading -- Exercises for the reader -- Part II: Core memory machines -- 4 RCA BIZMAC I/II -- 5 Ferranti Atlas -- 6 JOHNNIAC -- Further reading -- Exercises for the reader -- Part III: Transistor machines -- 7 UNIV AC solid state computer -- 8 UNIV AC 418 -- 9 UNI AC 490/494 -- 10 MIT's TX-0 -- 11 Philco Ford computers -- 12 Bendix G-20 -- 13 Packard Bell -- Further reading -- Exercises for the reader -- Appendix A: Glossary.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [332]-339) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2018493415
ISBN	1443885118 hardcover
ISBN	9781443885119 hardcover

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