• DocumentCode
    1471
  • Title

    John C. Hollar: History of Computing

  • Author

    Severance, Charles

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Sep-13
  • Firstpage
    13
  • Lastpage
    14
  • Abstract
    John C. Hollar, president and chief executive officer of the Computer History Museum, describes the museum´s focus and exhibits. The first Web extra at http://youtu.be/F5NcxIbuW-0 is an audio recording of Charles Severance´s Computing Conversations column, in which he discusses his interview with John C. Hollar, president and chief executive officer of the Computer History Museum, about the museum´s focus and exhibits. The second Web extra at http://youtu.be/poh9ROv_LR8 is a video segment of Charles Severance´s interview with John C. Hollar about the focus and exhibits at the Computer History Museum, including a working model of the Babbage Difference Engine, a recreation of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, and the IBM 360.
  • Keywords
    history; museums; computing history; museum exhibits; museum focus; Computer science; History; Museums; Computer History Museum; Computing Conversations; John C. Hollar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2013.318
  • Filename
    6594769