Abstract:
The logical design of the 1948 Manchester Baby was virtually identical to a 1946 Princeton design. However, thanks to F.C. Williams' and Tom Kilburn's groundbreaking cath...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
The logical design of the 1948 Manchester Baby was virtually identical to a 1946 Princeton design. However, thanks to F.C. Williams' and Tom Kilburn's groundbreaking cathode ray tube (CRT) memory and their innovative engineering, the universal electronic digital computer made its world debut in Manchester. This article reassesses the place of Williams and Kilburn in the history of computing.
Published in: IEEE Annals of the History of Computing ( Volume: 33, Issue: 1, January 2011)
DOI: 10.1109/MAHC.2010.2
University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand
B. Jack Copeland is Professor of Philosophy and director of the Turing Archive for the History of Computing at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Copeland has a DPhil in mathematical logic from the University of Oxford. He is founding editor of The Rutherford Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology and is past presiden t of the Society for Machines and Mentality. His books ...Show More
B. Jack Copeland is Professor of Philosophy and director of the Turing Archive for the History of Computing at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Copeland has a DPhil in mathematical logic from the University of Oxford. He is founding editor of The Rutherford Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology and is past presiden t of the Society for Machines and Mentality. His books ...View more
Contents University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand
B. Jack Copeland is Professor of Philosophy and director of the Turing Archive for the History of Computing at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Copeland has a DPhil in mathematical logic from the University of Oxford. He is founding editor of The Rutherford Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology and is past presiden t of the Society for Machines and Mentality. His books include Artificial Intelligence (Blackwell, 1993), The Essential Turing (Oxford University Press, 2004), Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine (Oxford University Press, 2005), and Colossus: The Secrets of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers, Second Edition, (Oxford University Press, 2010). Contact him at jack. copeland@canterbury.ac.nz.
Selected CS articles and columns are also L!1IJ available for free at http://ComputingNow.computer.org.
B. Jack Copeland is Professor of Philosophy and director of the Turing Archive for the History of Computing at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Copeland has a DPhil in mathematical logic from the University of Oxford. He is founding editor of The Rutherford Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology and is past presiden t of the Society for Machines and Mentality. His books include Artificial Intelligence (Blackwell, 1993), The Essential Turing (Oxford University Press, 2004), Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine (Oxford University Press, 2005), and Colossus: The Secrets of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers, Second Edition, (Oxford University Press, 2010). Contact him at jack. copeland@canterbury.ac.nz.
Selected CS articles and columns are also L!1IJ available for free at http://ComputingNow.computer.org.View more
