• DocumentCode
    1367158
  • Title

    Digging for computer `gold¿: Computer archaelogy is a young but challenging activity; some rare finds are exhibited at the Computer Museum in Boston

  • Author

    Bell, Gordon ; Bell, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. Museum, Boston, MA, USA
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    56
  • Lastpage
    62
  • Abstract
    Descriptions are given of some of the acquisitions of the Computer Museum, in Boston. These include the Whirlwind, built at MIT in the 1940s and 1950s, and an AN/FS Q-7 computer, built for the US Air Forces´ Sage air-defense system.
  • Keywords
    computer science education; computers; history; AN/FS Q-7 computer; Computer Museum; Sage air-defense system; Whirlwind; Companies; Educational institutions; Electron tubes; History; Laboratories; Microcomputers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1985.6370729
  • Filename
    6370729
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1367158