Roughly corresponds with "Early Research on Computers at RCA" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century_, ed. N. Metropolis, . Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.
Lecture scheduled for 2:00 PM on June 12, 1976. Roughly corresponds to "Computer Development at the Institute for Advanced Study" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century,_ ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota. Note that mp3 102695408-04-01 refers to the lecture made by Julian Bigelow, while the second mp3 102695408-04-02 is a lecture by Gerald Estrin on the history of computing in Israel
Includes the Director's Welcome and Historiography: a perspective for computer scientists.
Ulam speaks about disussions he and Norbert Wiener had with von Neumann about the interaction of mathematics (or "mathematical physics") and computing, an interaction he calls the "music of the future." Reel covers 10:37 to 11:30 AM. Roughly corresponds to "Von Neumann: The Interaction of Mathematics and Computing" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century_, ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.
Reel covers 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Roughly corresponds to "Computer Developments 1935 - 1955, as Seen from Cambridge, U.S.A" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century," ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rosa.
Burks traces the development of the stored-program computer from the antecedents of the ENIAC through the first generation of stored-program computers: EDVAC, IAS, WHIRLWIND, EDSAC, UNIVAC I, and others. He begins with a detailed discussion of the ENIAC's hardware and arithmetic design, organization, and differential analayzer, as well as programming and evaluation of the ENIAC. He then discusses the development of high-speed READ-WRITE electronic stores and code organization for the stored-program computer. Reel covers 2:42 to 3:32 PM. Roughly corresponds to "From ENIAC to the Stored-Program Computer: Two Revolutions in Computers" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century_, ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rosa
For more information, please see entry for related item below. Lecture scheduled for 4:00 PM on June 10, 1976. Roughly corresponds to "Computer Development at Argonne National Laboratory" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century,_ ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.
Metropolis discusses events leading to the need for a computer research and utilization program at Los Alamos and the subsequent development of the MANIAC computer there. He provides a history of the MANIAC including problems devised by Fermi, Ulam, von Neumann, Teller, and others to test it. Roughly corresponds to "The MANIAC" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century_, ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.
Reel covers 5:00 to 5:15 PM. Roughly corresponds to "The ORDVAC and the ILLIAC" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century_, ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.
Covers approximately 8:50 to 10:05 AM. Roughly corresponds to "Early Programming Developments at Cambridge" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century_, ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.
Roughly corresponds to "Between Zuse and Rutishauser -- The Early Development of Digital Computing in Central Europe" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century_, ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota. Side B of the second tape is blank.
Roughly coresponds to "Turing's Work at the National Physical Laboratory and the Construction of Pilot ACE, DEUCE, and ACE" in "A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century," ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.
Tape covers 2 to 3 PM. Roughly corresponds to "Computers in the University of London, 1945 - 1962" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century_, ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.
Reel covers 3 to 4 PM. Everett may be presenting for J. Forrester, who was scheduled to present on Whirlwind. Roughly corresponds to "WHIRLWIND" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century_, ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.
Reel covers 4:20 to 5:10 PM. Roughly correpsonds with "Computer Development at IBM" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century," ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.
Reel covers 5:10 to 5:40 PM. Roughly correponds to "Programming in America in the 1950s -- Some Personal Impressions" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century_, ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.
IVC tape covers approximately 9:00 to 10:00 AM. Roughly corresponds to "The Smithsonian Computer History Project and Some Personal Recollections" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century_, ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.
Reel covers 9:30 to 10:30 AM. Roughly corresponds to "The COLOSSUS" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century,_ ed. N. MEtropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.
A lecture on cryptology Including commentary from B. Randell on Turing's breaking of the Enigma code. Possibly follow-up to Randell's lecture. Reel covers 10:30 to 10:47 AM.