Hally, Mike (Author)
Joseph Henry Press
Physical Details: xxiii + 275 pp.; ill.
Language: English
Description By the 1960s, IBM, once a manufacturer of mechanical tabulators, had beaten all rivals and dominated the world computer market. But IBM came late to the race. From the 1930s to the 1950s, small independent teams on four continents worked on the development of the very first modern computers - practical, electronic, multipurpose, digital machines with memory for data and programs. Contents: From ABC to ENIAC -- UNIVAC -- Saviour of the Census -- Saluting the Moose -- When Britain Led the Computing World -- LEO the Lyons Computer -- So Then We Took the Roof Off -- Wizards of Oz -- Water on the Brain -- It's Not About Being First : the Rise and Rise of IBM -- Arithmetic -- Technical bits. (from WorldCat)
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