Material type: BookPublisher: New York :Ticknor & Fields,1984Description: 324 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.ISBN: 0899192688; 0899193021.Subject(s): Computers -- HistoryDDC classification: 621.3819509
Contents:
The first mechanical calculators -- The engines of Charles Babbage -- The bridge between two centuries -- The invention of ENIAC -- The stored-program computer -- The rise of IBM -- The whirlwind project -- The integrated circuit -- The personal computer.
The first mechanical calculators -- The engines of Charles Babbage -- The bridge between two centuries -- The invention of ENIAC -- The stored-program computer -- The rise of IBM -- The whirlwind project -- The integrated circuit -- The personal computer.