Re: Books to read before thinking about computer architecture

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From: Mark Robert Thorson
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1989 20:23

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One of my personal favorites is ELECTRONIC BRAINS by Edmund C. Berkeley.
Written in the late 1940's, it covers the problems in data storage and
computation which were faced at that time, and the mechanisms which had
been developed to solve those problems.  When I say "mechanisms", I mean
both electronic and mechanical, as well as things in between.  Fascinating
stuff!

BTW, Edmund C. Berkeley was one of the founders of the ACM, and I believe
he was a co-author or the editor of the Lisp 1.0 manual.  Does anyone
know if he's still alive?

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