Title :
Specifications of Twelve Early Computers Made in France
Author :
Mounier-Kuhn, Pierre-E.
Abstract :
Tables 1 and 2 present the main computers designed and installed in France during the first two "generations." Two IBM machines - the 650 and the 1401 - are included to enable readers to compare the French computers with these two "bestsellers" which marked their time.
Keywords :
Central Processing Unit; Clocks; Computer aided manufacturing; Ferrites; History; Licenses; Magnetic cores; Printers; Production; Sociotechnical systems;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.1990.10009
