1971 Detailed Survey of 1940s-70s Mainframe,
Mini, Desktop, and Console Computer Systems
with PDP Inventor Gordon Bell, J. Presper Eckert, & John von Neumann ~ 668 Pages

Penned by one of the early pioneers in electronic data processing -Gordon Bell, who designed Digital's original PDP series - this historic text takes an in-depth look at a large cross-section of computing machines spanning the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, from vacuum tube consoles such as theIBM 650andRoyal McBee LGP-30, to desktop models like theHewlett-Packard HP 9100A, to supercomputers like theControl Data CDC 6600and the ill-fated 64-processorILLIAC IV, still under development at the time the book was written. Each is examined in terms of hardware, system architecture, instruction set, and a number of other criteria. Interspersed throughout are several photos of these classic systems, as you can see below. All in all, a definite must-have for any serious student of computer history.

Apart from a little cover wear, the book is very good condition.Hardcover, 668 pages. First edition, copyright 1971. This item ships WORLDWIDE.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. The PMS and ISP Descriptive Systems
3. The Computer Space
4. Preliminary Discussion of the Logical Design of an Electronic Computing Instrument (co-authored by John von Neumann)
5. TheDEC PDP-8
6. TheWhirlwind I Computer
7. Some Aspects of the Logical Design of a Control Computer
8. TheUNIVAC System(co-authored by J. Presper Eckert)
9. The Design Philosophy ofPegasus, a Quantity-production Computer
10. An 8-bit Character Computer
11. ThePilot ACE
12.ZEBRA, a Simple Binary Computer
13.UNIVAC Scientific (1103A)Instruction Logic
14. Instruction Logic of theMIDAC
15. Instruction Logic of theSoviet Strela (Arrow)
16. TheLGP-30andLGP-21
17.IBM 650Instruction Logic
18. TheIBM 1401
19. TheOlivetti Programma 101 Desk Calculator
20. TheHP Model 9100A Computing Calculator
21. Design of an Arithmetic Unit Incorporating a Nesting Store
22. Design of theBurroughs B5000 System
23. One-level Storage System
24. A User Machine in a Time-Sharing System
25. TheDEC 338 Display Processor
26.NOVA: A List-oriented Computer
27. TheILLIAC IVcomputer
28. Microprogramming and the Design of the Control Circuits in an Electronic Computer
29. The Design of a General-purpose Microprogram-controlled Computer with Elementary Structure
30. A Command Structure for Complex Information Processing
31. System Design of a FORTRAN Machine
32. A Microprogrammed Implementation of EULER on IBM System/360 Model 30
33. TheIBM 1800
34. The Engineering Design of theStretch Computer
35.PILOT, the NBS Multicomputer System
36. D825 - A Multiple-computer System for Command and Control
37. A Survey of Problems and Preliminary Results Concerning Parallel Processing and Parallel Processors
38. The RW-400: A New Polymorphic Data System
39. Parallel Operation in theControl Data 6600
40. Computer Network Examples
41. TheIBM 7094 I, II
42. TheSDS 910-9300 Series
43. The Structure ofSystem/360, part 1
44. The Structure of System/360, part 2 Appendix: PMS and ISP Notations