Research Catalog

Title

Core memory : a visual survey of vintage computers featuring machines from the computer history museum / photographs by Mark Richards ; text by John Alderman ; foreword by John Toole.

Author

Richards, Mark, 1955 February 22-

Publication

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, ©2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

Alderman, John, 1966-

Description

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 24 x 29 cm

Summary

Core Memory is a guided tour through some of the most notable and curious devices in the history of computing. Featuring important and eccentric machines spanning more than five decades, this book brings the inspired design of pioneering computer scientists into sharp focus. Mark Richards' lovingly detailed images reveal the sometimes surprising marks of human effort (such as a console equipped with its own ashtray) in a technology that is often thought of as clinical and futuristic, as well as presenting a capsule visual history of modern computing. Each entry also includes text by acclaimed writer John Alderman, detailing the characteristics of each machine and providing an overview of its historical importance and points of scientific interest. Core Memory profiles 35 machines from the collection of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley -- the largest assemblage of vintage technology in the world. - Jacket flap.

Subject

• Geschichte
• Computers > History
• Electronic data processing > History
• Computers
• Electronic data processing
• Computer
• Geschiedenis (vorm)

Genre/Form

• illustrated books.
• Illustrated works.
• History.
• Ouvrages illustrés.
• Bildband.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Z3 Adder (Reconstruction) -- ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) -- UNIVAC I -- Wisconsin Integrally Synchronized Computer (WISC) -- JOHNNIAC -- Core memory -- SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) -- NEAC 2203 -- Autonetics Minuteman I Guidance Computer -- Philco 212 -- IBM System/360 (and IBM Model 7030 "STRETCH") -- Apollo Guidance Computer -- DEC PDP-8 -- DDP-116 -- Control Data Corp. CDC 6600 -- Interface Message Processor (IMP) -- Kitchen Computer (H316 Pedestal) -- Kenbak-1 -- HP-35 -- SuperPaint -- Altair 8800 Microcomputer System -- Burroughs ILLIAC IV -- Cray-1 -- Cray-2 -- Cray-3 -- Apple II -- TRS-80 Model 1 (And Model 100) -- Minitel -- Osborne 1 -- Commodore 64 -- Compaq Portable -- Macintosh -- Google First Production Server.

ISBN

• 9780811854429
• 0811854426

LCCN

2006023314

OCLC

• ocm70676544
• 70676544
• SCSB-1438655

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library