Early Computing in Britain Ferranti Ltd. and Government Funding, 1948 - 1958 /
This unique book presents the story of the pioneering manufacturing company Ferranti Ltd. - producer of the first commercially-available computers - and of the nine end-user organisations who purchased these machines with government help in the period 1951 to 1957. The text presents personal reminis...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2019.
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Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2019. |
Σειρά: | History of Computing,
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- The Small Seeds of Innovation
- Academic/Industrial Collaboration: from Chorlton-on-Medlock to Moston, and Back
- Canada Calling: Toronto Gets a Mark I
- A Star is Born: Ideas and Upgrades
- Into the Market
- The AVRO Mark I* Installation at Chadderton
- The Mark I* at Armstrong Siddeley, Ansty, Coventry
- The Ferranti Mark I* Installation in Amsterdam
- The Ferranti Mark I* Installation in Rome
- GCHQ Cheltenham's Mark I*
- The Mark I* at the Armaments Research Development Establishment, Fort Halstead
- The Mark I* at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston
- What Came Next?
- Appendix A: Baby's Conception: the Back Story
- Appendix B: Mark I and Mark I* Software Details
- Appendix C: Mark I and Mark I* Hardware Details
- Appendix D: Naming Names
- Appendix E: Performance, Cost and Delivery Details of Other Computers.