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Memories of Early Computer Days

COMPUTER MEMORIES Table of Contents


COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 01
----COMPUTER HISTORY
----AFTER COMPUTERS

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 02
----COMPUTER HISTORY — INTRODUCTION
----WHIRLWIND, at MIT
----SWAC, at UCLA
----JOHNNIAC, at RAND CORP.

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 03
----MY SO-CALLED EDUCATION, AND EARLY COMPUTER DAYS
----PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BAND
----HIGH SCHOOL TEST
----WORLD WAR II "INJURY"
----MENSA
----GED TEST
----A "TROUBLE-MAKER" RETURNS TO SCHOOL

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 04
----I’M A CURIOUS GENERALIST

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 05
----FIRST TIME I HEARD OF IBM

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 06
----AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY
----IBM, CHICAGO

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 07
----SOMETHING GOOD FROM THE KOREAN WAR
----LEARNING IBM IN THE US ARMY
----IN THE IBM ROOM AT FT. MONMOUTH
----MY PAST JOBS, MY FUTURE HOPE

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 08
----A SPY FOR THE FBI
----SEN. McCARTHY AND THE ROSENBERGS, AT FT. MONMOUTH
----VISITS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL GALLERY
----SEN. McCARTHY'S LAST SPEECH

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 09
----THE IBM DEPARTMENT AT IHC
----ON THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY LINE

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 10
----AIRPLANES AND MISSILES

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 11
----STORED PROGRAM COMPUTERS

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 12
----A NEEDLESS REPORT: AT INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER
----ANOTHER USELESS REPORT: AT CHANCE VOUGHT AIRCRAFT

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 13
----RAND CORP., SANTA MONICA, CA

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 14
----STATISTICAL COMPUTATIONS

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 15
----TRAINING THE AIR DEFENSE COMMAND

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 16
----TRAINING CONTINUES WITH AN IBM 701 COMPUTER
----TRIVIA

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 17
----REAL TIME INTERCEPT

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 18
----SAGE, SEMI AUTOMATIC GROUND ENVIRONMENT

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 19
----TO MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
-------- FOR INDOCTRINATION ABOUT THE SAGE SYSTEM

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 20
----A MEMORY IS BUILT AT LINCOLN LABS, AT MIT

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 21
----BEFORE THE MOUSE
----THE IBM ABACUS

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 22
----JOHNNIAC COMPUTER, RAND Corp.
-------TYPEWRITER TO COMPUTER, FIRST TIME

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 23
----THE SWAC COMPUTER AT UCLA

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 24
----THE HEXADECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEM AND THE IBM 360 COMPUTERS

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 25
----I WAS FAMOUS FOR SOMETHING

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 26
----FROM IBM CARDS TO TELETYPES, AT ROCKETDYNE

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 27
----MORNING TEST MESSAGE
----PRODUCTION CONTROL MEETING

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 28
----MICROWAVE DATA TRANSMISSION
----A CONFLICT WITH THE ALL STAR GAME

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 29
----MOVE TO ARIZONA

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 30
----COMPUTERIZED WAR GAME

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 31
----BATTLE SIMULATION FOR THE US SIGNAL CORP.

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 32
----BATTLE SIMULATION, CONTINUED

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 33
----I WAS THERE AT THE BEGINNING OF EARLY COMPUTER SIMULATION

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 34
----KRIEGSPIEL (war-game), a variant of the game of Chess
----GENERAL REGINALD P. LYMAN

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 35
----A BOMB WITH TWICE THE POWER

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 36
----MOVED BACK TO CALIFORNIA, WORKED AT RCA IN VAN NUYS
----MY JOB AT RCA
----BUILDING A COMPUTER FACILITY

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 37
----THE RCA 4100 SERIES COMPUTERS
----COMPUTER FAILURE, MISSILE LAUNCH CANCELED

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 38
----TRAINING PROGRAMMERS FOR THE RCA 4102 COMPUTER

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 39
----TRAINING COURSE FOR 4102, CONTINUED

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 40
----THE RCA 110A SATURN COMPUTER

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 41
----WRITING THE RCA 110A MANUAL

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 42
----LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE RCA 110A

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 43
----GOING TO HUNTSVILLE TO TEACH ABOUT THE RCA 110A

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 44
----TEACHING THE RCA 110A AT NASA

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 45
----MORE ABOUT THE RCA 110A TRAINING COURSE

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 46
----HELPING DESIGN THE LAUNCH CONTROL ROOM
----OTHER IDEAS

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 47
----I WAS RIGHT, THEY WERE WRONG

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 48
----WHERE WAS I WHEN PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS SHOT

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 49
----A CAREFULLY CREATED SOUND BECOMES MUSIC
----PROGRAMMED LEARNING

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 50
----AIRLINE COMMUNICATIONS

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 51
----A VISIT TO THE BROOKHAVEN ATOMIC LABS

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 52
----CONTROL DATA

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 53
----NAMING COMPUTERS
----THE OVERCOAT
----TOO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DRIVER
----LET'S PLAY, "FIND THE RENTAL CAR."
----IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU LIVE
----WHEN IN MINNEAPOLIS, DO AS THE NATIVES DO

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 54
----ROTATE A CUBE
----ACOUSTIC COUPLER DEMONSTRATION

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 55
----COMPUTERS AND VIDEO TAPE, YEARS AGO

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 56
----A SALESMAN AT HIS BEST

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 57
----A BUSY WEEK
----JAKE RABINOW
----GRACE MURRAY HOPPER

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 58
----ROCKETDYNE, SECOND TIME

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 59
----INFORMATICS
----THE STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 60
----LAW ENFORCEMENT TELETYPE SYSTEM
----CALIFORNIA LAW ENFORCEMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 61
----BANK OF AMERICA
----“GOVERNOR’S OFFICE SENT ME.”

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 62
----STATE OF ARIZONA, COMPUTER CENTER

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 63
----SCAN DATA

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 64
----DELTA DATA
----FOLDING, ROLLING TABLE FOR A CRT MONITOR

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 65
----A RINGING ENDORSEMENT
----AND ANOTHER ENDORSEMENT
----AND ONE MORE

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 66
----HONEYWELL
----HARRIS
----THE CAT-SCAN COMPUTER
----THE BICYCLE RIDING SALESMAN
----“SWEET OLD BOB”

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 67
----CAL TECH EARTHQUAKE LAB
----SCAN OPTICS

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 68
----COMPUTER CHESS AND CHECKERS

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 69
----READING RADIO WAVES FROM A COMPUTER

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 70
----A COMPUTER PROGRAM MIMICS THE IBM ROOM

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 71
----A VIRUS IN THE IBM ROOM

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 72
----THE POWER SUPPLY WAS INSTALLED
----AN EARLY VIRUS IN A COMPUTER ROOM
----LUNCH WITH THE INSPECTOR

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 73
----THE ENVELOPE WAS DELIVERED TO TUCSON
----PRESENTING MY IDEA FOR IRS AUDITORS
----TOURIST-TIME
----IN THE OFFICE OF SENATOR FANNIN, THE NEXT DAY

COMPUTER MEMORIES, Chapter 74
----STORIES OF ANOTHER SUBJECT OR TWO
----LUNCH WITH HENRY FORD
----A HOLE IN HIS SHIRT
----A RADIO MAN FOR A SHIP

COMPUTER MEMORIES, CHAPTER 75
----WORK TOGETHER TO GET THE JOB DONE
----IBM 7080 COMPUTER PROGRAM CONVERSION
----THE END, REALLY !

Tidbit by Jim and Emmy Humberd

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