LEADER 04908nam 22007455 450 001 9910640380003321 005 20241211203719.0 010 $a9783031130335 010 $a3031130332 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-13033-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7169100 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7169100 035 $a(OCoLC)1357016885 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-13033-5 035 $a(PPN)267808380 035 $a(CKB)25945662100041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925945662100041 100 $a20230104d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTales of Electrologica $eComputers, Software and People /$fedited by Gerard Alberts, Jan Friso Groote 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (205 pages) 225 1 $aHistory of Computing,$x2190-684X 311 08$a9783031130328 311 08$a3031130324 327 $aChapter 1. Electrologica, A Gem (Gerard Alberts) -- Chapter 2. Philips and the Fate of Electrologica (Gerard Alberts) -- Chapter 3. From the X1 to the X8 (Huub de Beer) -- Chapter 4. Software Without Memory (Paul Klint) -- Chapter 5. The Mathematical Center, ALGOL 60 and the Electrologica X8 (Frans Kruseman Aretz) -- Chapter 6. History of Dekker?s Algorithm for Mutual Exclusion (Dirk Dekker) -- Chapter 7. The Electrologica X8 and the BOL Detector (René van Dantzig) -- Chapter 8. An Early Experiment in Algorithmic Composition (Lambert Meertens). 330 $aManufacturing computers in series was quite a feat in the 1950s. As mathematical as it gets, the machines discussed here were called X1 and X8. The industrial achievement combined with the background in a mathematical research center made the company Electrologica a legend in Dutch computing. The tales in this book are told by those who have a right to tell. Highly engaged professionals take readers back to their pioneering work with the machines and in retrospect unveil some of the values, which went without saying in the 1960s. To disagree, Paul Klint relates the contrasting views on software in Dutch research traditions. ALGOL culture: Frans Kruseman Aretz takes the reader along to the detailed decisions on constructing compilers and shows the values of an ALGOL culture transpiring. Signposts: Dirk Dekker for the first time ?owns? his algorithm for mutual exclusion. In particle physics: René van Dantzig?s use case was an Electrologica X8 computer controlling two other computers in three-dimensional detection of colliding particles. Early steps in AI: Lambert Meertens? tale of the X8 machine composing a violin quartet comes with his original presentation, as well as the code in ALGOL 60. The reflections of first hand experiences combine well with the second thoughts of historical research into archival sources. Historians Huub de Beer and Gerard Alberts offer a view into the boardrooms of the local enterprise Electrologica, and of the electronics multinational Philips. Where pioneers and historians meet in an inspiring dialogue, the reader gains a view on the often implicit decisions constituting the field. Fortuitously, a copy of the X8 was retrieved from Kiel, Germany, and put on display at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, Leiden. Sparked by the very material presence of an X8, the present book takes stock of the state of historiography of Electrologica. Gerard Alberts is an associate professor in History of Digital Cultures, retired from the University of Amsterdam. Jan Friso Groote is a full professor of Formal Methods at the Eindhoven University of Technology. . 410 0$aHistory of Computing,$x2190-684X 606 $aComputers?History 606 $aComputer industry 606 $aComputers 606 $aSoftware engineering 606 $aIndústria informàtica$2thub 606 $aHistòria de la informàtica$2thub 606 $aHistory of Computing 606 $aThe Computer Industry 606 $aComputer Hardware 606 $aSoftware Engineering 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aComputers?History. 615 0$aComputer industry. 615 0$aComputers. 615 0$aSoftware engineering. 615 7$aIndústria informàtica 615 7$aHistòria de la informàtica 615 14$aHistory of Computing. 615 24$aThe Computer Industry. 615 24$aComputer Hardware. 615 24$aSoftware Engineering. 676 $a338.470040973 676 $a338.7610040922 700 $aAlberts$b G$g(Gerard),$f1954-$01104954 702 $aGroote$b J. F$g(Jan Friso),$f1965- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910640380003321 996 $aTales of electrologica$93364020 997 $aUNINA