PROJECT WHIRLWIND: The History of a Pioneer Computer.

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. First edition."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]. Dust jacket present. First Edition.

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Publisher: (Bedford, MA): Digital Press, (1980).

Year: (1980).

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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