History of computers

History of Computers (Box 2)

  • May 1980: "From Plug-Board to Pascal" -- Billy C. Wood
  • March 1981: article about 35th birthday of Eniac
  • May 1981: Article: "Micromainframe Is Newest Computer on a Chip: What does one do with 100,000 or more transistors in a single integrated circuit? The next generation of microcomputers is one possible answer," Science, Vol. 212
  • "The Birth of the Chip," by Maida D. Brooks. Not dated, computer printout.
  • September 1983: Article: "From sand to circuits: a survey of the origins of the microprocessor," Information Technology Newletter, Harvard University.
  • Undated article about Grace Hopper
  • 1985 letter to WATCOM News (University of Waterloo) about ZAPs.
  • May 1987, issue of "i/s: News about information systems throughout MIT," with article "Looking Backward: A Short History of Computing at MIT"