| Title: |
John M. M. Pinkerton
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| Local code: |
OH 149
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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: |
Pinkerton begins by discussing his education and wartime work in radar technology in England. He then describes his movement into the computer industry after World War II and his work on the LEO I and LEO II computers. In this context he discusses the British computer firms J. Lyons and Company, Leo Computers, English Electric Co., and International Computers Ltd.
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| Extent: |
37 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=224
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1988 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Pinkerton, John Maurice McLean
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Engineer
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| Document location: |
Esher, England
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| Document date: |
23-Aug-1988
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| Interviewer: |
Pinkerton, John Maurice McLean
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; Information technology; North America; Oral history; Software engineering; United States
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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: |
OHI0024028-25574
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