| Title: |
S. Reid Warren
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| Local code: |
OH 38
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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: |
Warren was a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania Moore School of Electrical Engineering and served as supervisor of the EDVAC project. He discusses the EDVAC, the personal interactions of the project members, and the effect of the project on the Moore School. Central to his discussion are J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly and their disagreements with administrators over patent rights, which led to their resignation and the founding of their own company. Warren discusses John von Neumann, the distribution of his 1945 draft report on the EDVAC, and its lack of proper acknowledgment of all the EDVAC contributors. He also discusses the University's patent policy, its effect on the project, and the inability of the Moore School to remain at the forefront of computer developments.
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| Extent: |
45 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=34
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1977 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Warren, Samuel Reid, 1908-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1908
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| Speaker occupation: |
Electrical engineer
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| Age at speaking: |
69
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| Document location: |
Philadelphia, PA
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| Document date: |
05-Oct-1977
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| Interviewer: |
Stern, Nancy
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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: |
OHI0024068-25614
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