Author: Redmond, Kent C. and Smith, Thomas M
Title: Project Whirlwind: The History of a Pioneer Computer
Description: (Bedford, MA): Digital Press, (1980). (1980). (Bedford, MA): Digital Press, (1980). (1980). Fine. - Small quarto [9-3/8 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], gray cloth titled in black on the front cover & spine, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is very lightly rubbed. xiv, [i] & 280 pages. Black-and-white Illustrations & diagrams. Near fine.

First edition.

"Whirlwind--the first high-speed electronic digital computer able to operate in 'real time'--contributed much to today's computer technology. It was the first computer with synchronous parallel logic and the first to use random-access magnetic- core memory. This signficant first-generation computer was developed under the leadership of Jay W. Forrester and Robert R. Everett at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.." [dust wrapper copy]. Fine .

Keywords: SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTERS; COMPUTING; PIONEER COMPUTER; WHIRLWIND; PROJECT WHIRLWIND: THE HISTORY OF A PIONEER COMPUTER; HISTORY OF COMPUTERS; KENT C. REDMOND; THOMAS M. SMITH; JAY W. FORRESTER; ROBERT R. EVERETT; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOG

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