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A few good men from Univac / David E. Lundstrom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lundstrom, David E., author.
- Series:
- MIT Press series in the history of computing
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Univac computer--History.
- Univac computer.
- Computer industry--History.
- Computer industry.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 227 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1987]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In this personal memoir, electrical engineer David Lundstrom recalls the heyday of early computing, the rise of Control Data out of the Univac division of Sperry Rand, such milestone computer systems as the Univac and the Naval Tactical Data System the exploits of CDC's top designer Seymour Cray, and the gradual corporate shift from the exciting and technically interesting world of computer design to internal politics and clumsy bureaucracy. - Publisher.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0262256592
- 9780262256599
- OCLC:
- 827009778
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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