Digital state : the story of Minnesota's computing industry / Thomas J. Misa.
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Digital state : the story of Minnesota's computing industry / Thomas J. Misa.
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Publication Information:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2019]
©2013
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 299 pages) : illustrations
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction : Minnesota goes high-tech -- Philadelphia story : wartime origins of Minnesota computing -- St. Paul startup : Engineering Research Associates builds a pioneering computer -- Corporate computing : Univac creates a high-tech Minnesota industry -- Innovation machine : Control Data's supercomputers, services, and social vision -- First computer : Honeywell, partnerships, and the politics of patents -- Big Blue : manufacturing and innovation at IBM Rochester -- Industrial dynamics : Minnesota embraces the information economy -- High-technology innovation : medical devices and beyond.
Summary:
Explores the history of the computer industry in Minnesota focusing on the years between the end of World War II and the 1970s. Discusses the technological advances made by such companies as Engineering Research Associates, Control Data, Honeywell, and IBM Rochester. Provides archival documents, photographs, and oral histories from those who were involved in the computing industry in Minnesota.
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