Pioneer Press: On Minnesota's early contribution to the digital era
Feature on DIGITAL STATE by Thomas J. Misa.
Before the Internet, before there was a Silicon Valley, the Twin Cities area was a center of the world's computer industry. For a time, it was arguably the center of the computer industry.
The story of its golden age from the late 1940s until the 1970s -- dominated by names like Sperry Rand and Univac, Control Data and Cray Research -- has been told before, but in piecemeal fashion. Now, Minnesota's role in the rise of computing gets the thoughtful and big-picture attention it deserves in an impressive book by Tom Misa.
Published in: Pioneer Press
By: Tom Webb
Story Date: 2014-05-17T04:00:00+00:00
By: Tom Webb
Story Date: 2014-05-17T04:00:00+00:00