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Misa, Thomas J.

Digital state the story of Minnesota's computing industry / [electronic resource] : Thomas J. Misa. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (xv, 299 pages :) illustrations ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-287) and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Minnesota Goes High-Tech -- 1. Philadelphia Story: Wartime Origins of Minnesota Computing -- 2. St. Paul Startup: Engineering Research Associates Builds a Pioneering Computer -- 3. Corporate Computing: Univac Creates a High-Tech Minnesota Industry -- 4. Innovation Machine: Control Data's Supercomputers, Services, and Social Vision -- 5. First Computer: Honeywell, Partnerships, and the Politics of Patents -- 6. Big Blue: Manufacturing and Innovation at IBM Rochester -- 7. Industrial Dynamics: Minnesota Embraces the Information Economy -- 8. High-Technology Innovation: Medical Devices and Beyond.

9780816688357 0816688354


HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI).
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History.
Information technology--History.--Minnesota
Computer industry--History.--Minnesota


Electronic books.

HD9696.2.U25 / M565 2013

338.4/700409776