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PROJECT WHIRLWIND: The History of a Pioneer Computer
by Redmond, Kent C. and Smith, Thomas M
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0932376096
- ISBN 13
- 9780932376091
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
(Bedford, MA): Digital Press, (1980).. (1980).. Fine. - Small quarto [9-3/8 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], gray cloth titled in black on the front cover & spine, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is very lightly rubbed. xiv, [i] & 280 pages. Black-and-white Illustrations & diagrams. Near fine. <p>First edition.<p>"Whirlwind--the first high-speed electronic digital computer able to operate in 'real time'--contributed much to today's computer technology. It was the first computer with synchronous parallel logic and the first to use random-access magnetic- core memory. This signficant first-generation computer was developed under the leadership of Jay W. Forrester and Robert R. Everett at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology..." [dust wrapper copy].
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8277
- Title
- PROJECT WHIRLWIND: The History of a Pioneer Computer
- Author
- Redmond, Kent C. and Smith, Thomas M
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0932376096
- ISBN 13
- 9780932376091
- Publisher
- (Bedford, MA): Digital Press, (1980).
- Place of Publication
- Bedford, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- (1980).
- Keywords
- SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTERS; COMPUTING; PIONEER COMPUTER; WHIRLWIND; PROJECT WHIRLWIND: THE HISTORY OF A PIONEER COMPUTER; HISTORY OF COMPUTERS; KENT C. REDMOND; THOMAS M. SMITH; JAY W. FORRESTER; ROBERT R. EVERETT; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOG
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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