Oral history interview with Robert Everett

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Oral history interview with Robert Everett

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Everett, Robert

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2005

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Oral History

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This interview with Robert Everett (1921-2018) begins with a discussion of his experiences pursuing BS (Duke University, 1942) and MS (MIT, 1943) degrees in electrical engineering. It then explores his participation in the Whirlwind and SAGE projects, with an emphasis on hardware engineering aspects and the role of engineers and engineering in the early computer projects. Everett also shares his views on early trends in computer design and development, the boundaries between hardware and software, and his movement into leadership at MITRE Corporation.

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Computer history

Computer architecture

Computer engineering

Electrical engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. -- Servomechanisms Laboratory

MITRE Corporation

RAND Corporation

SAGE computer

Servomechanisms

Whirlwind computer

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Everett, Robert. (2005). Oral history interview with Robert Everett. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/211360.

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