Title
WHIRLWIND by Robert R. Everett
Catalog Number
102695469
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.
Everett was a member of the original WHRLWND computer development team under Jay Forrester at MIT. In this lecture, he describes the origins of the project as an analog aircraft stability analyzer and trainer and traces its metamorphosing into a large-scale electronic stored program real-time computer system. The Whirlwind project was home to many firsts in computing, which Everett describes, including, most significantly, the perfection of magnetic core memory.
This lecture’s transcript was included in the edited volume from the conference, viz. Everett, Robert, R., “WHIRLWIND,” in Metropolis, N., and Howlett, J., Rota, Gian-Carlo, A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century, New York: Academic Press, 1980, pp. 365 – 384.
Date
1976-06-11; 2002
Credits
Everett, Robert R.
Participants
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Everett, Robert R., Speaker
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Place of Publication
Los Alamos, NM, US
Identifying Numbers
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Reel 15 |
Original tape numbering |
Duration
00:56:14
Dimensions
10 inches
Format
Betacam SP
Category
Lecture
Series Title
International Research Conference on the History of Computing
