| Title: |
Heinz Zemanek
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| Local code: |
OH 127
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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: |
Zemanek, an Austrian computer scientist, begins by describing his early life in Vienna, Austria and experiences in Nazi-occupied Austria. He discusses his engineering education and work in radar technology during World War II. Zemanek then focuses on the development of computers in Austria. Topics include: magnetic drums and magnetic memory, the MAILUFTERL computer (which Zemanek designed and built), the LOGALGOL and other compilers, the University of Vienna where Zemanek worked on his computer, the subsequent sponsorship of the project by International Business Machines Europe, and ALGOL and PL/I language standards development. The interview concludes with Zemanek offering a brief overview of the computer industry in Europe from the end of World War II to the 1980.
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| Extent: |
80 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=11
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1987 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Zemanek, Heinz, 1920(?)-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1920
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Vienna, Austria; Austria; Europe
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| Speaker occupation: |
Computer engineer
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| Age at speaking: |
67
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| Document location: |
Vienna, Austria
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| Document date: |
14-Feb-1987
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| Interviewer: |
Aspray, William
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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: |
OHI0024078-25626
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