Title :
Promoting the Prosaic: The Case for Process-Control Computers
Author_Institution :
University of Manchester
Abstract :
Computers brought automation to industries such as chemicals, steel, and power generation during the 1960s. Real-time control of major industrial processes was achieved using Cold War hardware.
Keywords :
Computers; History; Manufacturing industries; Power generation; Real time systems; History of computing; automation; chemicals; cold war; computers; power generation; process control; steel; strip mill;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2010.53
