Andrew V. Haeff: Enigma of the Tube Era and Forgotten Computing Pioneer

Author

Copeland, Jack ; Haeff, Andre A.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Volume

37

Issue

1

fYear

2015

fDate

Jan.-Mar. 2015

Firstpage

67

Lastpage

74

Abstract

Prolific, yet neglected inventor Andrew Vasily Haeff (1905-1990) made numerous contributions to vacuum tube art, including the traveling wave tube, the inductive-output tube, the electron-wave tube (or "double-stream" amplifier), the resistive wall tube, and many others. Haeff\´s contributions to computing history include his pioneering computer monitor technology, his high-speed electrostatic computer memory tube, and his early work in the display and storage of text and graphics.

Keywords

biographies; computer displays; history; vacuum tubes; Andrew Vasily Haeff; computer monitor technology; computing history; double-stream amplifier; electron-wave tube; graphics; high-speed electrostatic computer memory tube; inductive-output tube; resistive wall tube; text display; text storage; traveling wave tube; vacuum tube art; Biographies; Computer industry; Electron tubes; Haeff, Andrew Vasily Haeff; Laboratories; Patents; Andrew Vasily Haeff; Memory Tube; Williams tube; computer graphics technology; computer memory technology; defense technology; history of computing; radar; vacuum tube;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1058-6180

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAHC.2015.2

Filename

7057621