COMPUTER CONTROL COMPANY, INC. • 3C • EARLY DIGITAL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
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Original 1959 technical publication produced by the staff of Computer Control Company, Inc. (3C) of Framingham, Massachusetts.
A fascinating early digital-computing publication explaining the mathematical and logical principles used in the design of computer systems at the end of the 1950s.
The booklet begins with the history and fundamentals of symbolic logic and discusses the work of George Boole and Claude Shannon, including Shannon's landmark application of symbolic logic to relay and switching circuits.
Topics include:
- Symbolic logic
- Binary number systems
- Boolean algebra
- Binary variables and functions
- Truth tables
- DeMorgan's theorem
- Logic minimization
- Flip-flops
- Binary counters
- Binary adders and subtracters
- Shift registers
- Gray code to binary conversion
- Pulse-pattern generators
The second portion applies these concepts to actual digital circuitry and includes numerous diagrams, truth tables and logic schematics.
Especially interesting are the final pages illustrating actual Computer Control Company digital equipment and computer systems, including an all-transistor magnetic-core memory, information retrieval systems, computer input-output equipment, radio telescope equipment, digital monitoring equipment and other early electronic systems.
The company history section states that Computer Control Company was organized in 1952 and describes its work in research, design and development of digital equipment as well as programming, coding and machine computation.
An excellent original piece of 1950s computer history, produced at a time when Boolean algebra, transistorized logic, magnetic-core memory and digital system design were rapidly moving from theoretical concepts into practical computer engineering.
Copyright 1959 by Computer Control Co., Inc., Framingham, Massachusetts.
CONDITION:Very nice vintage condition overall. Cover remains attractive with light age and handling wear. Interior pages are clean and well preserved with strong printing and illustrations.
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