Oral history interview with Arthur W. Burks, ca. 1976.

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Oral history interview with Arthur W. Burks, ca. 1976.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63283020

Burks begins the interview discussing his early education and his training at the University of Michigan and the Moore School of Electrical Engineering. He describes his work with John Mauchly, Herman Goldstine, John Grist Brainerd, and J. Presper Eckert on the ENIAC in detail. Much of the interview is devoted to aspects of the EDVAC and ENIAC computers: logical and arithmetical design, attitudes of project staff, early operations, demonstrations., and contributions of consultants, notably John Vincent Atanasoff and John von Neumann. Burks recounts his work on the Institute for Advanced Study computer project, especially his work with Goldstine and von Neumann.

sound cassette : 1 (60 min.) : analog, mono.Transcript : 32 p.Computer data (1 file : 50K)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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