The Dawn of the Computer Age

Author: Reed, Irving S.

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 69, Number 1, 2006, pp. 7-12

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 69:1, 2006

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:69.1.Computer

Abstract

Back when vacuum-tube computers filled entire rooms, a group of young bucks working for the Northrop Corporation built one that fit on a coffee table.

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