Items related to IBM's Early Computers
Synopsis
In describing the technical experiences of one company from the beginning of the computer era, this book unfolds the challenges that IBM's research and development laboratories faced, the technological paths they chose, and how these choices affected the company and the computer industry. It chronicles the transformation of IBM into a computer company in a remarkably few years, discussing projects that ended in frustration as well as the more successful ones, and providing a sense of the atmosphere, the people, and the decision-making processes involved during the company's rapid technological transformation.
IBM's Early Computers is a unique contribution to the modern history of computers. It focuses on engineering alternatives rather than business and general management considerations and reveals the significance of imaginative solutions to problems in design and technology, from initial experiments with electronics in digital machines to the threshold of the System 360 era. This fair and balanced account of IBM's role in shaping today's electronic revolution identifies the individuals (both inside and outside the company) whose pioneering work influenced developments at IBM.
The book's fourteen chapters briefly survey the card machine era and then cover electronic calculation, the magnetic drum calculator, the Defense Calculator and other first-generation products, ferrite core memories, magnetic tape, and disk storage development, programming, transistors, "Project Stretch" (which involved disappointments but led to one of IBM's greatest successes) high-speed printers, research, and new-product-line considerations.
IBM's Early Computers is included in the History of Computing Series, edited by I. Bernard Cohen and William Aspray.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Charles J. Bashe is a senior member of the staff at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherMit Pr
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0262022257
- ISBN 13 9780262022255
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages744
- Rating
Search results for IBM's Early Computers
Stock Image
IBM's Early Computers
Seller: ThriftBooks-Reno, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.01. Seller Inventory # G0262022257I3N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
IBM's Early Computers
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.01. Seller Inventory # G0262022257I4N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
IBM's Early Computers
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.01. Seller Inventory # G0262022257I3N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
IBM's Early Computers
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.01. Seller Inventory # G0262022257I3N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
IBM's Early Computers
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.01. Seller Inventory # G0262022257I5N01
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
IBM's Early Computers
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.01. Seller Inventory # G0262022257I5N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
IBM's Early Computers
Seller: ThriftBooks-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.01. Seller Inventory # G0262022257I3N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
IBM's Early Computers
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.01. Seller Inventory # G0262022257I3N01
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
IBM's Early Computers
Published by
MIT Press, 1986
ISBN 10: 0262022257
ISBN 13: 9780262022255
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: BOOKER C, Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover with dust jacket. Like new/ Very good. 1986. 1ST EDITION. Seller Inventory # 121123-150C
Quantity: 2 available
Seller Image
IBM's Early Computers
Seller: Arches Bookhouse, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: GOOD. xviii, 716 pp. Bowed, foxed, sound and unmarked otherwise. Seller Inventory # 3007
Quantity: 1 available