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This is the definitive modern sourcebook on the technologies from which the computer industry sprang. Widely read, it gave impetus to technical developments both in the United States and abroad. It presents a clear, organized picture of computing concepts, techniques, machinery, and components in use as of 1950, with emphasis on electronic high-speed computing. The material is elaborately referenced and contains a multitude of diagrams and tables. One particularly significant table lists all the computers of the era-including the famous EDVAC, UNIVAC, BINAC, and Mark III-with their specifications. This first compendium of United States computer technology was created by a research team that grew out of the U.S. Navy's wartime cryptologic establishment. "High-Speed Computing Devices" is Volume IV in the Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series and was originally published in 1950 by McGraw-Hill.
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High-Speed Computing Devices; Volume 4
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Tomash Publishers, Los Angeles, 1983
ISBN 10: 0938228021
ISBN 13: 9780938228028
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Hardcover
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine(-). Reprint. Dark red octavo, gilt to spine, xli, 451 pages, b&w illustrations; 24 cm. Computers. Series: Charles Babbage Institute reprint series for the history of computing, volume 4. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely light soiling to front free endpaper and front pastedown, extremely gently rubbed corners, bright pages, tight binding, two copies have light soiling to fore-edges and boards, third copy has light spotting to fore-edges, faint soiling to edges, else Near Fine(-). Seller Inventory # 91105
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High-Speed Computing Devices
Published by
Tomash Publishers, Los Angeles, 1983
ISBN 10: 0938228021
ISBN 13: 9780938228028
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: very good. Facsimile Edition. octavo. 9 1/4'' x 6 1/4''. xli 451pp. Dark red cloth. Gilt lettering to cover and spine. Some sticker residue to the front cover. The Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing Volume IV. Sticker "Compliments of Charles Babbage Institute" on front paste-down. A facsimile fo teh 1950 ori ginal. Seller Inventory # 80439