West Coast contributions to the development of the general-purpose computer: building Maddida and the founding of computer research corporation

The story told here is of the members of a computer group - established by Northrop Aircraft in the mid-1940's to develop a guidance system for a US Air Force missile - who subsequently founded a company that designed and built a general-purpose, digital computer. Successful, but in need of fun...

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Veröffentlicht in:	IEEE annals of the history of computing 2003-01, Vol.25 (1), p.4-33
Hauptverfasser:	Eckdahl, D.E., Reed, I.S., Sarkissian, H.H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aircraft Circuit analysis computing Coastal environments Companies Computation Computer aided manufacturing Computer engineering Computer industry Computers Crystal oscillators Digital computers Electrical engineering Electromagnetism electronics electrotechnology Electronics Guidance systems History of science and technology Logic circuits Logic design Logic functions Magnetic analysis Magnetic tape Military aircraft Military computing Military planes Missiles Northrop aircraft Ordinary differential equations Physical sciences and techniques
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Zusammenfassung:	The story told here is of the members of a computer group - established by Northrop Aircraft in the mid-1940's to develop a guidance system for a US Air Force missile - who subsequently founded a company that designed and built a general-purpose, digital computer. Successful, but in need of funds, the company was eventually absorbed by a larger enterprise.
ISSN:	1058-6180 1934-1547
DOI:	10.1109/MAHC.2003.1179869