A few good men from Univac / David E. Lundstrom.
By: Lundstrom, David E [author.]
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Contributor(s): IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.].
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BookSeries: History of computing: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, c1987Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [1990]Description: 1 PDF (xii, 227 pages, [18] pages of plates) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 0262121204; 9780262256599.Subject(s): Univac computer -- History | Computer industry -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification: 621.39/09 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.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.David E. Lundstrom's career spanned 30 years with Sperry Rand Corp. (now a division of Unisys Corp.) and Control Data Corporation.
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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.David E. Lundstrom's career spanned 30 years with Sperry Rand Corp. (now a division of Unisys Corp.) and Control Data Corporation.
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