• DocumentCode
    1298962
  • Title

    Promoting the Prosaic: The Case for Process-Control Computers

  • Author

    Aylen, Jonathan

  • Author_Institution
    University of Manchester
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    96
  • Lastpage
    95
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2010.53
  • Filename
    5551030