Tales of Electrologica: Computers, Software and People
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| spelling | Alberts, Gerard Verfasser aut Tales of Electrologica Computers, Software and People 1st ed Cham Springer International Publishing AG 2023 ©2022 1 Online-Ressource (205 Seiten) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier History of Computing Series Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Electrologica, a Gem -- 1.1 Electrologica Is a Gem in the History of Dutch Computing -- 1.1.1 Organizing Research -- 1.1.2 Mathematical Culture -- 1.1.3 Owning Electrologica -- 1.2 State of the Art -- 1.2.1 The Company -- 1.2.2 The Mathematical Center -- 1.2.3 Software, Language, and ALGOL -- 1.2.4 The Dijkstra-Zonneveld Compiler -- 1.2.5 Industrial Design and Cold War -- 1.3 On Offer -- 2 Philips and the Fate of Electrologica -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Calculating Machines in the Postwar Innovation Spirit -- 2.3 The English Tour -- 2.4 The Harvest of 1953 -- 2.5 Towards Production in Series, the ZEBRA Story -- 2.6 Electrologica -- 2.7 Electrologica's Company Strategy -- 2.8 Knowledge and Propriety at Philips -- 2.9 European Perspective -- 3 From the X1 to the X8 -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Towards Electrologica's Founding -- 3.3 Electrologica X1 -- 3.3.1 Developing the Prototype for Nillmij -- 3.3.2 Electrologica Takes off -- 3.3.3 Electrologica's Connection to Peripherals -- 3.3.4 Delivering Software -- 3.4 Seeking a Successor: X0 and X2, or the X8 -- 3.4.1 Ambitious Successors to the X1 -- 3.4.2 A Realistic Successor to the X1, the X8 -- 3.4.3 Users Get Involved: The Z8 Software Committee -- 3.5 The ELX Series Marked the End -- 4 Software Without Memory -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Early Computer Science in the Netherlands -- 4.3 A Personal Perspective -- 4.4 Two Suggestions for History Research -- 5 The Mathematical Center, ALGOL 60, and the Electrologica X8 -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 My Years at the Mathematical Center -- 5.3 The Electrologica X1 and X8 -- 5.4 ALGOL 60 -- 5.5 The MC Implementation of ALGOL 60 forthe Electrologica X8 -- 5.5.1 Language Choice and Language Interpretation -- 5.5.2 The Mapping from Source Language to Object Language -- 5.5.3 The Construction of the Compiler 5.6 Text Editing Anno 1960-1965 -- 5.7 Closing Remarks and Evaluation -- 6 History of Dekker's Algorithm for Mutual Exclusion -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Definition of the Mutual Exclusion Problem for Two Processes -- 6.3 Dekker's Algorithm for Mutual Exclusion -- 6.4 Variants -- 6.5 Mutual Exclusion for Any Number of Processes -- 7 The Electrologica X8 and the BOL Detector -- 7.1 Introduction and Background -- 7.2 The BOL Project -- 7.3 Why and How the X8 Came to IKO -- 7.4 Setting up the Computing and Network Infrastructure -- 7.5 Time-Sharing -- 7.6 Developing Data Reduction and Analysis Software -- 7.7 Software for Minicomputer Network Nodes -- 7.8 Final Considerations and Conclusions -- 8 An Early Experiment in Algorithmic Composition -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Affix Grammars -- 8.3 The IFIP Competition -- 8.4 The Musical Result -- Appendix 1 Composing with a computer -- Appendix 2 The Algol 60 procedure compose -- References -- A Note on the Contributors -- Provenance of the Pictures -- Index Electrologica (DE-588)1202935559 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1950-1970 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Computer industry-Netherlands Computer scientists-Biography Computerindustrie (DE-588)4148256-6 gnd rswk-swf Niederlande (DE-588)4042203-3 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4143413-4 Aufsatzsammlung gnd-content Niederlande (DE-588)4042203-3 g Computerindustrie (DE-588)4148256-6 s Geschichte 1950-1970 z DE-604 Electrologica (DE-588)1202935559 b Geschichte z Groote, Jan Friso Sonstige oth Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Alberts, Gerard Tales of Electrologica Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031130328 |
| spellingShingle | Alberts, Gerard Tales of Electrologica Computers, Software and People Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Electrologica, a Gem -- 1.1 Electrologica Is a Gem in the History of Dutch Computing -- 1.1.1 Organizing Research -- 1.1.2 Mathematical Culture -- 1.1.3 Owning Electrologica -- 1.2 State of the Art -- 1.2.1 The Company -- 1.2.2 The Mathematical Center -- 1.2.3 Software, Language, and ALGOL -- 1.2.4 The Dijkstra-Zonneveld Compiler -- 1.2.5 Industrial Design and Cold War -- 1.3 On Offer -- 2 Philips and the Fate of Electrologica -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Calculating Machines in the Postwar Innovation Spirit -- 2.3 The English Tour -- 2.4 The Harvest of 1953 -- 2.5 Towards Production in Series, the ZEBRA Story -- 2.6 Electrologica -- 2.7 Electrologica's Company Strategy -- 2.8 Knowledge and Propriety at Philips -- 2.9 European Perspective -- 3 From the X1 to the X8 -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Towards Electrologica's Founding -- 3.3 Electrologica X1 -- 3.3.1 Developing the Prototype for Nillmij -- 3.3.2 Electrologica Takes off -- 3.3.3 Electrologica's Connection to Peripherals -- 3.3.4 Delivering Software -- 3.4 Seeking a Successor: X0 and X2, or the X8 -- 3.4.1 Ambitious Successors to the X1 -- 3.4.2 A Realistic Successor to the X1, the X8 -- 3.4.3 Users Get Involved: The Z8 Software Committee -- 3.5 The ELX Series Marked the End -- 4 Software Without Memory -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Early Computer Science in the Netherlands -- 4.3 A Personal Perspective -- 4.4 Two Suggestions for History Research -- 5 The Mathematical Center, ALGOL 60, and the Electrologica X8 -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 My Years at the Mathematical Center -- 5.3 The Electrologica X1 and X8 -- 5.4 ALGOL 60 -- 5.5 The MC Implementation of ALGOL 60 forthe Electrologica X8 -- 5.5.1 Language Choice and Language Interpretation -- 5.5.2 The Mapping from Source Language to Object Language -- 5.5.3 The Construction of the Compiler 5.6 Text Editing Anno 1960-1965 -- 5.7 Closing Remarks and Evaluation -- 6 History of Dekker's Algorithm for Mutual Exclusion -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Definition of the Mutual Exclusion Problem for Two Processes -- 6.3 Dekker's Algorithm for Mutual Exclusion -- 6.4 Variants -- 6.5 Mutual Exclusion for Any Number of Processes -- 7 The Electrologica X8 and the BOL Detector -- 7.1 Introduction and Background -- 7.2 The BOL Project -- 7.3 Why and How the X8 Came to IKO -- 7.4 Setting up the Computing and Network Infrastructure -- 7.5 Time-Sharing -- 7.6 Developing Data Reduction and Analysis Software -- 7.7 Software for Minicomputer Network Nodes -- 7.8 Final Considerations and Conclusions -- 8 An Early Experiment in Algorithmic Composition -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Affix Grammars -- 8.3 The IFIP Competition -- 8.4 The Musical Result -- Appendix 1 Composing with a computer -- Appendix 2 The Algol 60 procedure compose -- References -- A Note on the Contributors -- Provenance of the Pictures -- Index Electrologica (DE-588)1202935559 gnd Computer industry-Netherlands Computer scientists-Biography Computerindustrie (DE-588)4148256-6 gnd |
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