Crowther, William2011-06-092011-06-091990-03-12William Crowther, OH 184. Oral history interview by Judy E. O'Neill, 12 March 1990, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107235OH 184https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107235Transcript, 27 pp. Audio file available at http://purl.umn.edu/95668After describing his work at Lincoln Laboratory on real-time systems and its connection to his early view of the network, Crowther traces his involvement in the ARPA network project, including his work with routing, new processor designs, and early software implementation. He also discusses the composition and functioning of the project group at BBN, his interaction with IPTO and the rest of the community, and his later work at Xerox PARC. This interview was recorded as part of a research project on the influence of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on the development of computer science in the United States.en-USComputer historyUnited States. -- Advanced Research Projects Agency. -- Information Processing Techniques OfficeLincoln LaboratoryFederal aid to research -- United StatesComputer science -- United States -- ResearchComputer networks -- United States -- ResearchBolt, Beranek and Newman, inc.ARPANET (Computer network)Xerox Corporation. Palo Alto Research Center.Oral History