Oral history interviews of the Pioneers of Science and Technology Video Tape Project, 1984-1988.

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Oral history interviews of the Pioneers of Science and Technology Video Tape Project, 1984-1988.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62685232

Videotaped oral histories on the development of digital computing including the design of early digital computers, the design of IBM computers, the creation of FORTRAN, and the design of microprocessors . Interviewees include: John V. Atanasoff, Cuthbert Hurd, John Backus, and Ted Hoff.

4 videocassettes (VHS) (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7852401

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Backus, John W., 1924-2007

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Hurd, Cuthbert Corwin, 1911-1996

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Larson, Jane W.

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Hoff, Ted, 1937-

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Designer of integrated circuits at Intel. From the description of Oral history interview with Ted Hoff, 1988 Dec. 12. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489337 ...

Pioneers of Science and Technology Video Tape Project.

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Collection of videotaped oral histories with prominent figures in the development of digital computing. From the description of Oral history interviews of the Pioneers of Science and Technology Video Tape Project, 1984-1988. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685232 ...