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- Book Title
- Tales of Electrologica
- Publication Name
- Tales of Electrologica : Computers, Software and People
- Title
- Tales of Electrologica
- Subtitle
- Computers, Software and People
- Contributor
- Jan Friso Groote (Edited by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9783031130359
- ISBN
- 9783031130359
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2022
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing A&G
- Genre
- Computing & Internet
- Subject
- Industries / Computers & Information Technology, Hardware / General, Economics / General, History
- Release Date
- 06/01/2024
- Release Year
- 2024
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- CH
- Item Height
- 235mm
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Series
- History of Computing Ser.
- Subject Area
- Computers, Business & Economics
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Weight
- 11.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- X, 201 Pages
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Manufacturing computers in series was quite a feat in the 1950s. As mathematical as it gets, the machines discussed here were called X1 and X8. The industrial achievement combined with the background in a mathematical research center made the company Electrologica a legend in Dutch computing. The tales in this book are told by those who have a right to tell. Highly engaged professionals take readers back to their pioneering work with the machines and in retrospect unveil some of the values, which went without saying in the 1960s. To disagree, Paul Klint relates the contrasting views on software in Dutch research traditions. ALGOL culture: Frans Kruseman Aretz takes the reader along to the detailed decisions on constructing compilers and shows the values of an ALGOL culture transpiring. Signposts: Dirk Dekker for the first time 'owns' his algorithm for mutual exclusion. In particle physics: René van Dantzig 's use case was an Electrologica X8 computer controlling two other computers in three-dimensional detection of colliding particles. Early steps in AI: Lambert Meertens' tale of the X8 machine composing a violin quartet comes with his original presentation, as well as the code in ALGOL 60. The reflections of first hand experiences combine well with the second thoughts of historical research into archival sources. Historians Huub de Beer and Gerard Alberts offer a view into the boardrooms of the local enterprise Electrologica, and of the electronics multinational Philips. Where pioneers and historians meet in an inspiring dialogue, the reader gains a view on the often implicit decisions constituting the field. Fortuitously, a copy of the X8 was retrieved from Kiel, Germany, and put on display at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, Leiden. Sparked by the very material presence of an X8, the present book takes stock of the state of historiography of Electrologica. Gerard Alberts is an associate professor in History of Digital Cultures, retired from the University of Amsterdam. Jan Friso Groote is a full professor of Formal Methods at the Eindhoven University of Technology.
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing A&G
ISBN-10
3031130359
ISBN-13
9783031130359
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15064617174
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
X, 201 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Tales of Electrologica : Computers, Software and People
Publication Year
2024
Subject
Industries / Computers & Information Technology, Hardware / General, Economics / General, History
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers, Business & Economics
Series
History of Computing Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
11.7 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
338.7610040922
Lc Classification Number
Qa76.17
Table of Content
Chapter 1. Electrologica, A Gem (Gerard Alberts).- Chapter 2. Philips and the Fate of Electrologica (Gerard Alberts).- Chapter 3. From the X1 to the X8 (Huub de Beer).- Chapter 4. Software Without Memory (Paul Klint).- Chapter 5. The Mathematical Center, ALGOL 60 and the Electrologica X8 (Frans Kruseman Aretz).- Chapter 6. History of Dekker's Algorithm for Mutual Exclusion (Dirk Dekker).- Chapter 7. The Electrologica X8 and the BOL Detector (René van Dantzig).- Chapter 8. An Early Experiment in Algorithmic Composition (Lambert Meertens).
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2022
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