• DocumentCode
    883512
  • Title

    Early Computers at IBM

  • Author

    Hurd, Cuthbert C.

  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1981
  • Firstpage
    163
  • Lastpage
    182
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the principal computers designed by IBM beginning with its first computer, the 701 delivered in 1952, through its first transistorized computer, STRETCH, and its first commercial process-control computer, the 1710 delivered in 1961. The ideas behind some of IBM´s methods and decisions are described.
  • Keywords
    Chromium; Government; History; Information processing; Laboratories; Libraries; Manufacturing; Military computing; Permission; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0164-1239
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.1981.10021
  • Filename
    4639414