Computer Pioneers – Pioneer Computers Part 1

by admin on March 23, 2010

[Recorded: 1996] Part 1 of 2 The Dawn of Electronic Computing 1935 1945 Computer pioneer Gordon Bell hosts this two-part program on the evolution of electronic computing from its pre-World War II origins through the development of the first commercial computers. His narration traces the development of the stored program computer architecture which remains the foundation of todays modern computers. In Part 1 The builders of the first five computer machines: the Bell Labs Model 1, the Zuse Z1-3, the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, the Harvard Mark 1 and the IBM SSEC tell their stories.

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geebee123 March 23, 2010 at 9:13 pm: COBAL “is” horrible.
that’s what you were trying to say………
gerjaison March 23, 2010 at 9:59 pm: Money was very very well spend!!
RichardEllwood March 23, 2010 at 10:06 pm: Yes, that was Grace Hopper, and I’m a big fan of hers. She was the grandmother of COBOL. Although COBOL was horrible, it contained some noble ideas.
DanoDanny March 23, 2010 at 10:34 pm: agreed, 1996? so long ago but great none the less, also the quality of the vintage footage looks and sounds really good,

Gordon did a great job presenting, calming and informtative without quarks that can be distracting unlike some newer videos where hosts can get annoying.

part 2 plz, thx CHM
Pablos544 March 23, 2010 at 10:43 pm: Very tasteful production. That woman who spoke at length was highly entertaining. This produced a real emotion over the subject and this allowed me to understand what computers and the discipline of computing was like in the day.