Digital state [electronic resource] : the story of Minnesota's computing industry / Thomas J. Misa.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xv, 299 pages :) illustrationsISBN:- 9780816688357
- 0816688354
- 338.4/700409776 23
- HD9696.2.U25 M565 2013
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.
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