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Oral history interview with Stephen W. Dunwell
Dunwell, Steve, 1913-1994 (Charles Babbage Institute, 1989)
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Oral history interview with Stephen W. Dunwell
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Issue Date
1989-02-13
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Charles Babbage Institute
Type
Oral History
Abstract
Dunwell describes the development of data processing equipment at International Business Machines in the mid-twentieth century. He discusses early data processing and cryptanalytic equipment before focusing on the development of computers following World War II. In this context, he describes IBM's Poughkeepsie Laboratory, John von Neumann's contributions as an IBM consultant, and the IBM 701 and STRETCH (7030) computers.
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Oral history interviews [439]
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other: OH 153
Previously Published Citation
Steve Dunwell, OH 153. Oral history interview by William Aspray, 13 February 1989, Poughkeepsie, New York. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107272
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Transcript, 30 pp. Audio file available at http://purl.umn.edu/95561
Suggested Citation
Dunwell, Steve, 1913-1994. (1989). Oral history interview with Stephen W. Dunwell. Charles Babbage Institute. Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107272.
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