with photograph laid in

Redmond, Kent C. ; Smith, Thomas M.

Project Whirlwind: A Case History in Contemporary Technology [ Manuscript Edition ]

Bedford, Massachusetts: The MITRE Corporation 1975. First Printing. Various paginations. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. Minor wear to the wrappers. With photograph of a portion (we presume) of the Whirlwind computer laid in, dated 1975. Very Good. Wraps. [26061]


"Whirlwind - the first high-speed electronic digital computer able to operate in "real time"-contributed much to today's computer technology. It was the first computer with synchronous parallel logic and the first ot use a random-access magnetic-core memory. This significant first-generation computer was developed under the leadership of Jay W. Forrester and Robert R. Everett at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." (front dj flap of the 1980 edition by Digital Press)

This is a copy of the manuscript that was written in 1967 by the authors with a grant from MITRE Corporation. The Smithsonian dropped the series that the manuscript was to publish in. MITRE did a limited number of printings of this "Manuscript Edition" - Project Whirlwind, A Case History in Contemporary Technology, which was later formalized and professionally published by Digital Press.

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