Artifact Details

Title

Early Programming Development in Cambridge by Maurice V. Wilkes

Catalog Number

102695470

Type

Moving image

Description

The First International Research Conference on the History of Computing was a milestone in the history of computing, drawing a global elite of computer pioneers from the first generation of electronic digital computing. Most talks are approximately 45 minutes in duration and feature a lecture with a brief question and answer period afterwards.

This recording is essentially a brief Q and A session with University of Cambridge computing pioneer professor Maurice Wilkes about the groundbreaking EDSAC computing machine he constructed at his lab and its implications for the future of computing. Wilkes notes the moment he realized that the great bulk of his time working with computers in the future would be spent in searching for and correcting errors in software programs.

This lecture’s transcript was included in the edited volume from the conference, viz. Wilkes, Maurice, M., “Early Programming Development in Cambridge,” in Metropolis, N., and Howlett, J., Rota, Gian-Carlo, A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century, New York: Academic Press, 1980, pp. 497 – 501.

Date

1976-06-11

Credits

Wilkes, Maurice Vincent

Participants

Wilkes, Maurice Vincent, Speaker

Place of Publication

Los Alamos, NM, US

Identifying Numbers

Other number Reel 10 Original tape numbering

Duration

00:15:00

Dimensions

10 inches

Format

Betacam SP

Category

Lecture

Series Title

International Research Conference on the History of Computing

Lot Number

X5953.2011