Computer History Museum

Personal projects

These folders contain materials relating to Michael's personal projects and research. Included in these folders are materials--including a manual--on building the RCA COSMAC "Elf," which was advertised as a low-cost experimenter's microcomputer; the transcript of an oral history with Emil Mrak; materials on a collaboration with Frank Wilson on a project about music and the brain; and records relating to various historical projects that Michael worked on -- including correspondence with members of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) regarding Michael's membership and authoring articles for the Annals of the History of Computing.

Item Details

Date
1972-1995 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102734644
Organization
RCA Corporation (Publisher)
Naval Data Automation Command (NAVDAC) (Publisher)
Regents of the University of California (Publisher)
American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) (Publisher)
People
Sidney Fernbach (Author)
Category
Manual
Program Listing
Personal Narrative
Pamphlet
Credit line
Gift of George Michael
Language
English
Acquisition number
X4269.2008
Archive collection
George A. Michael papers
Archive hierarchy
Personal papers