Wilkes, Maurice V

The EDSAC: Origins and design decisions.

Publisher Information: 1994. Wilkes, Maurice V. The EDSAC: Origins and design decisions. Offprint from K. Brunnstein and E. Raubold, eds., Information Processing '94: Proceedings of the IFIP 13th World Computer Congress 2 (Amsterdam: Noth-Holland, 1994). Without wrappers as issued. Fine. 301-306pp. Illustrated. 227 x 151 mm. Provenance: Maurice Wilkes. Book Id: 39755

First edition, offprint issue. A history of the principal design decisions made during the construction of the first readily used stored-program computer, and the background against which the decisions were taken. Wilkes 1999, no. 153. Origins of Cyberspace 1059.

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