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International Research Conference on the History of Computing

In the summer of 1976, the first generation of computer legends—top engineers, scientists, and software pioneers—got together to reflect on the first 25 years of their discipline at the Los Alamos National Laboratories. After a multi-year recovery and restoration process, here are never-before-seen video recordings of this unique event.
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The Maniac by Nicolas Metroplis

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The ENIAC by J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly
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Computing in Canada by Calvin C. Gotlieb
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Programming in America in the 1950s by John Backus
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Some Remarks on the History of Computing in Germany by Konrad Zuse
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A Perspective in the History of Computing in the Netherlands by Adriaan van Wijngaarden
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The ENIAC by John W. Mauchly
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Computing Developments 1935-1955, as Seen from Cambridge, USA by Garrett Birkhoff
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WHIRLWIND by Robert R. Everett
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Early Programming Development in Cambridge by Maurice V. Wilkes
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A Perspective on the History of Computing in France by Philippe Dreyfus
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Between Zuse and Rutishauser–The Early Development of Digital Computing In Central Europe by Friedrich L. Bauer
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A Programmer’s Early Memories by Edsger W. Dijkstra
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From ENIAC to the Stored-Program Computer: Two Revolutions in Computers by Arthur W. Burks
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The ORDVAC and the ILLIAC by James E. Robertson
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The COLOSSUS by Brian Randell
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Computer Development at Harvard by Richard Milton Bloch
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Early History of Programming Languages by Donald Knuth
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The RAYDAC by Louis Fein
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Computers in the University of London, 1945-1962 by Andrew D. Booth
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Von Neumann: The Interaction of Mathematics and Computing by Stanislaw M. Ulam
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