Title :
West Coast contributions to the development of the general-purpose computer: building Maddida and the founding of computer research corporation
Author :
Eckdahl, Donald E. ; Reed, Irving S. ; Sarkissian, H.H.
Abstract :
The story told here is of the members of a computer group - established by Northrop Aircraft in the mid-1940´s to develop a guidance system for a US Air Force missile - who subsequently founded a company that designed and built a general-purpose, digital computer. Successful, but in need of funds, the company was eventually absorbed by a larger enterprise.
Keywords :
DP industry; general purpose computers; history; Maddida; Northrop Aircraft; development organization; digital differential analyzer; general-purpose computer; history; Aircraft; Circuit analysis computing; Companies; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer industry; Logic circuits; Logic design; Logic functions; Magnetic analysis; Military computing;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2003.1179869
