West coast contributions to the development of the general-purpose computer: building Maddida and the founding of computer research corporation

Authors:
Donald E. Eckdahl;Irving S. Reed;Hrant H. Sarkissian
Affiliations:
-;Univ. of Southern California, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, EEB Room 500, 3740 McClintock Ave., Los Angeles, CA;-
Venue:
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Year:
2003

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Abstract

The story told here is of the members of a computer group-established by Northrop Aircraft in the mid-1940s to develop a guidance system for a US Air Force missile--who subsequently founded a company that designed and built a general-purpose, digital computer. Successful, but in need of funds, the company was eventually absorbed by a larger enterprise.