[Air-l] Re: [CITASA] PCs were invented in 1968

[Jen Light]

There is an extended discussion of the story that Kathy mentions in my 
article "When Computers were Women," which appeared in Technology and 
Culture 40:3 (1999), pp. 455-483.

There is also an active community of historians of computing with a 
journal of possible interest -- the IEEE Annals of the History of 
Computing (published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics 
Engineers).  The journal contains both historical studies and first-hand 
testimonials from computing pioneers.

We are eager to publish more work from the communication studies and 
internet research community, so if you have article idea feel free to 
run it by me, or the editor in chief, David Grier of George Washington 
University.


Jennifer Light
Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Department of Communication Studies
Department of History
Department of Sociology
(and Consulting Editor, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing)

Stolley, Kathy S. wrote:

>Barry et al.:
>
>There was a great article on women as the first computer programmers in Ms. Magazine a few years ago.  It profiled the project and the team who programmed the first computer to calculate trajectories of missiles during World War II, a process that had previously taken a considerable number of hours per calculation.  If I recall correctly, it also did an interesting "where are they now" on these women.  I don't think I have the article anymore but my references have it listed as the being in the May/June 1998 issue of Ms. Magazine. 
>
>Kathy
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>Subject: [CITASA] PCs were invented in 1968
>
>Yup, that's what a student in my first class (Tech & Society) told me. I
>forget if it was by John, Paul, Ringo or George.
>
>The comment made me realize that I should include in the syllabus a
>potted
>article on the history of computing, from Einiac to Pentiums and
>wireless.
>
>Does anyone know of any?
>And I will also include my personal 40 years of computing. (Which is
>both
>on my website, and at www.digibarn.com -- Bruce Damer's wonderful
>computer
>museum near Santa Cruz, Calif.
>
> Barry
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