Asia Pacific University Library catalogue


Cullinane, John.,

Smarter than their machines : oral histories of pioneers in interactive computing [electronic resources] / John Cullinane. - First edition. - [New York] ; [San Rafael, California] : Morgan & Claypool, c2015. - 1 PDF (xii, 204 pages) : illustrations. - ACM books ; #4 . - ACM books ; #4. .

1. Two entrepreneurs with the same idea : Herbert W. Robinson (CEIR), Sam Wyly (University Computing Company) -- 2. Two computer designers who thought big : Richard Bloch (Honeywell 800, 400, 200), Gene Amdahl (IBM System/360) -- 3. Timesharing in academia and ARPA : J.C.R. Licklider, Ivan Sutherland -- 4. Packet switching and ARPANET : Lawrence G. Roberts, Robert Kahn -- Photographs -- 5. Artificial intelligence and changes at MIT and DARPA : Marvin L. Minsky, Michael Dertouzos -- 6. Creating something great in unusual places : Joseph F. Traub (Carnegie Mellon, Columbia University) -- 7. Creating the industry's first successful software products company : John Cullinane -- 8. Summary -- Author's biography.

Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.


Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Internet connectivity; World Wide Web browser; Adobe Digital Editions. and Adobe Acrobat Reader.

9781627055512 (pdf) 9781627055529 (epub)


Computer scientists--Interviews.

QA76.2.A2 / C857 2015eb

004.0922