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This is one of the best pictorial histories of computers put together by the Smithsonian Institute.

PICTURES: Mark I, Bell Model V, ENIAC, IAS, Whirlwind, UNIVAC I, Grace Hopper programming the UNIVAC, IBM System/360/65, DEC PDP-8, DEC MicroVAX II, lots of calculators, Altair 8800, IMSAI 8080, TRS-80, Apple II, IBM PC, Osborne, Macintosh 128, Xerox Alto, CRAY-1, etc.
PUBLISHER, YEAR: Smithsonian Books, 1994
FORMAT, PAGES: Paperback: 152 pages
AUTHOR: Peggy A. Kidwell, Paul E. Ceruzzi
CONDITION: ex library book.

Editorial Review
Offers a visual record of the milestones in digital computing, focusing on the holdings of the Smithsonian Institution. Organized chronologically and thematically, coverage includes mechanical calculators, electromechanical devices, electronic computers, the minicomputer, personal computers, and networking and the personal workstation. In each section, the authors set the context for the innovations and explain why each is a landmark. Illustrated with many black and white photos.

Book Description:
Choice Outstanding Academic Book. Offering a fascinating visual record of the milestones in digital computing, this illustrated volume discusses the social and economic impact of each of the forty-plus significant benchmarks highlighted, from the ancient abacus to the SUN workstation.

Contents

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

DIGITAL AIDS TO COMPUTATION
    The Quip
    Counters and the Abacus
    Napier's Rods
    The Slate and Hand Reckoning
    Mathematical Tables

MECHANICAL CALCULATORS
    Pascal and the Adding Machine of Jean Lepine
    Jean Marie Jacquard and the Jacquard Loom
    Charles Xavier Thomas and the Arithmometer
    Victor Schilt's Key-Driven Adding Machine
    Georg Scheutz and the Difference Engine
    Frank S. Baldwin and Pinwheel Calculating Machines
    Dorr E. Felt's Comptometer
    W.S. Burroughs's Adding Machine
    The Ritty Cash Register

ELECTROMECHANICAL CALCULATORS
    Herman Hollerith and the Hollerith Tabulating System
    IBM Accounting Machine
    The Bombe
    Totalisator
    Howard Aiken and the Mark I
    Bell Labs Model V

ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS
    The ENIAC
    John von Neumann and the IAS Computer
    The Whirlwind
    UNIVAC I and the Beginning of the Computer Industry
    IBM System 360

FLIGHT CONTROL COMPUTERS AND THE MINI
    PDP-8
    Gemini Digital Computer
    Minuteman Guidance Computer
    The Apollo Guidance Computer
    DEC VAX 11/780

THE PERSONAL COMPUTER
    The Green Machine and the HP9100A
    HP-35 Handheld Calculator
    The Altair 8800
    Apple II
    The IBM PC
    Osborne
    TRS-80 Model 100
    Macintosh

NETWORKING AND THE PERSONAL WORKSTATION
    The Xerox Alto
    Cray-1 Supercomputer
    SUN

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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