| Title: |
Stephen W. Dunwell
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| Local code: |
OH 153
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Charles Babbage Institute
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| Collection: |
Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Program
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| Description: |
Dunwell describes the development of data processing equipment at International Business Machines in the mid-twentieth century. He discusses early data processing and cryptanalytic equipment before focusing on the development of computers following World War II. In this context, he describes IBM's Poughkeepsie Laboratory, John von Neumann's contributions as an IBM consultant, and the IBM 701 and STRETCH (7030) computers.
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| Extent: |
24 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=110
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1989 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Dunwell, Stephen, 1913-1994
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1913
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| Speaker occupation: |
Computer engineer
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| Age at speaking: |
76
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| Document location: |
Poughkeepsie, NY
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| Document date: |
13-Feb-1989
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| Interviewer: |
Aspray, William
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| Organizations discussed: |
IBM Corporation, White Plains, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; IBM Corporation, White Plains, NY; Information technology; North America; Oral history; Software engineering; United States; World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0023943-25483
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