• DocumentCode
    1150555
  • 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.

  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    4
  • Lastpage
    33
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2003.1179869
  • Filename
    1179869
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1150555