Digital state : the story of Minnesota's computing industry /

" Accounts of the early events of the computing industry--the Turing machine, the massive Colossus, the ENIAC computer--are well-told tales, and equally well-known is the later emergence of Silicon Valley and the rise of the personal computer. Yet there is an extraordinary untold middle history...

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Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Misa, Thomas J.
Fformat: Electronig eLyfr
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
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  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Minnesota Goes High-Tech
  • 1. Philadelphia Story: Wartime Origins of Minnesota Computing
  • 2. St. Paul Startup: Engineering Research Associates Builds a Pioneering Computer
  • 3. Corporate Computing: Univac Creates a High-Tech Minnesota Industry
  • 4. Innovation Machine: Control Data's Supercomputers, Services, and Social Vision
  • 5. First Computer: Honeywell, Partnerships, and the Politics of Patents
  • 6. Big Blue: Manufacturing and Innovation at IBM Rochester
  • 7. Industrial Dynamics: Minnesota Embraces the Information Economy
  • 8. High-Technology Innovation: Medical Devices and Beyond.