THE DESIGN OF DIGITAL MACHINES

Following are a number of references on various aspects of the design of digital computing machines:

Organization

Burks, Arthur W., Super-Electronic Computing Machine, Electronic Industries, vol. 5, no. 7, July 1946, p. 62.

Burks, Arthur W., Herman H. Goldstine and John von Neumann, Preliminary Discussion of the Logical Design of an Electronic Computing Instrument, Princeton, N. J.: Institute for Advanced Study, 2nd edition, Sept. 1947, 42 pp.

Eckert, J. Presper, Jr., John W. Mauchly, and J. R. Weiner, An Octal System Automatic Computer, Electrical Engineering, vol. 68, no. 4, Apr. 1949, p. 335.

Forrester, Jay W., Warren S. Loud, Robert R. Everett, and David R. Brown, Lectures by Project Whirlwind Staff on Electronic Digital Computation, Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Servo-mechanisms Laboratory, Mar. and Apr. 1947, 149 pp.

Lubkin, Samuel, Decimal Point Location in Computing Machines, Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation, vol. 3, no. 21, Jan. 1948, pp. 44-50.

Patterson, George W., editor, and others, Theory and Techniques for Design of Electronic Digital Computers (subtitle: Lectures Given at the Moore School 8 July 1946-31 August 1946), Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania, Moore School of Electrical Engineering, vol. 1, lectures 1-10, Sept. 10, 1947, 161 pp.; vol. 2, lectures 11-21, Nov. 1, 1947, 173 pp.; vol. 3 and 4 in preparation.

Stibitz, George R., Relay Computers, Applied Mathematics Panel Report 171.1R, Washington, D. C.: National Defense Research Council, Feb. 1945, 83 pp.

Stibitz, George R., Should Automatic Computers be Large or Small? Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation, vol. 2, no. 20, Oct. 1947, pp. 362-364.

Stibitz, George R., The Organization of Large-Scale Calculating Machinery, Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 91-100.

Stibitz, George R., A New Class of Computing Aids, Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation, vol. 3, no. 23, July 1948, pp. 217-221.

Input and Output Devices

Alexander, Samuel N., Input and Output Devices for Electronic Digital Calculating Machinery, Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 248-253.

Fuller, Harrison W., The Numeroscope, Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 238-247.

O’neal, R. D., Photographic Methods for Handling Input and Output Data, Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 260-266.

Tyler, Arthur W., Optical and Photographic Storage Techniques, Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 146-150.

Zworykin, V. K., L. E. Flory, and W. S. Pike, Letter-Reading Machine, Electronics, vol. 22, no. 6, June 1949, pp. 80-86.

Anonymous, Letter-Printing Cathode-Ray Tube, Electronics, vol. 22, no. 6, June 1949, pp. 160-162.

Storage Devices

Brillouin, Leon N., Electromagnetic Delay Lines, Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 110-124.

Forrester, Jay W., High-Speed Electrostatic Storage, Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 125-129.

Haeff, Andrew V., The Memory Tube and its Application to Electronic Computation, Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation, vol. 3, no. 24, Oct. 1948, pp. 281-286.

Kornei, Otto, Survey of Magnetic Recording, Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 223-237.

Moore, Benjamin L., Magnetic and Phosphor Coated Discs, Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 130-132.

Rajchman, Jan A., The Selectron—A Tube for Selective Electrostatic Storage, Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation, vol. 2, no. 20, Oct. 1947, pp. 359-361 and frontispiece.

Sharpless, T. Kite, Mercury Delay Lines as a Memory Unit, Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 103-109.

Sheppard, C. Bradford, Transfer Between External and Internal Memory, Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 267-273.

Programming or Coding

Everett, Robert R., Digital Computing Machine Logic (memorandum M-63), Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Servo-mechanisms Laboratory, Mar. 19, 1947, 48 pp.

Goldstine, Herman H., and John von Neumann, Planning and Coding of Problems for an Electronic Computing Instrument, Princeton, N. J.: Institute for Advanced Study, 1947, 69 pp.

Goldstine, Herman H., and John von Neumann, Planning and Coding of Problems for an Electronic Computing Instrument, Princeton, N. J.: Institute for Advanced Study, part 2, vol. 3, 1948, 23 pp.

Mauchly, John W., Preparation of Problems for Edvac-Type Machines, Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 203-207.

DIGITAL MACHINES—
MISCELLANEOUS

Many of the following articles are nontechnical and contain much interesting information about machines that think:

Alt, Franz L., New High-Speed Computing Devices, The American Statistician, vol. 1, no. 1, Aug. 1947, pp. 14-15.

Bush, Vannevar, As We May Think, Atlantic Monthly, July 1945, pp. 101-108.

Condon, Edward U., The Electronic Brain Means a Better Future for You (broadcast), Columbia Broadcasting System, Jan. 4, 1948.

Davis, Harry M., Mathematical Machines, Scientific American, vol. 180, no. 4, Apr. 1949, pp. 29-39.

Lagemann, John K., It All Adds Up, Collier’s Magazine, May 31, 1947, pp. 22-23 ...

Locke, E. L., Modern Calculators, Astounding Science Fiction, vol. 52, no. 5, Jan. 1949, pp. 87-106.

MacLaughlan, Lorne, Electrical Mathematicians, Astounding Science Fiction, vol. 53, no. 3, May 1949, pp. 93-108.

Mann, Martin, Want to Buy a Brain? Popular Science, vol. 154, no. 5, May 1949, pp. 148-152.

Newman, James R., Custom-Built Genius, New Republic, June 23, 1947, pp. 14-18.

Pfeiffer, John E., The Machine That Plays Gin Rummy, Science Illustrated, vol. 4, no. 3, Mar. 1949, pp. 46-48 ...

Ridenour, Louis N., Mechanical Brains, Fortune, vol. 39, no. 5, May 1949, pp. 108-118.

Tumbleson, Robert C., Calculating Machines, Federal Science Progress, June 1947, pp. 3-7.

Anonymous, Almost Human, Home Office News, Newark, N. J.: Prudential Insurance Company of America, Feb. 1947, p. 8.