Oral history interview with Frederic Calland Williams, 1976.

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Oral history interview with Frederic Calland Williams, 1976.

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Williams discusses his development of a cathode ray tube to store information electrostatically. He describes how he first developed the tube at the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE), based upon radar experience during World War II. After the war Williams left TRE for the University of Manchester, where his storage tube was used in several early computers. Williams explains the attempt to raise funds and Alan Turing's assistance in these efforts.

Sound cassette : 1 (60 min.) : analog, mono.Transcript : 24 p.; p. 2 and p. 4 are missing.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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