Title
Early Programming Development in Cambridge by Maurice V. WilkesCatalog Number
102695470Type
Moving imageDescription
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
1976-06-11Credits
Wilkes, Maurice VincentParticipants
Wilkes, Maurice Vincent, Speaker |
Place of Publication
Los Alamos, NM, USIdentifying Numbers
Other number | Reel 10 | Original tape numbering |