Volume 28, Number 1, January-March 2006

From the Editor's Desk

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  David Alan Grier: From the Editor's Desk. 2

Features

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  Dave Walden, Ray Nickerson: Computing at Bolt Beranek and Newman: The First 40 Years, Part 2. 4-5
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  Paul Castleman: Medical Application of Computers at BBN. 6-16
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  Wallace Feurzeg: Educational Technology at BBN. 18-31
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  John Makhoul: Speech Processing at BBN. 32-45
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  Ralph M. Weischedel: Natural-Language Understanding at BBN. 46-55
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  Craig Partridge, Steven Blumenthal: Data Networking at BBN. 56-71
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  Richard E. Schantz: BBN's Network Computing Software Infrastructure and Distributed Applications (1970-1990). 72-88

Departments

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  Chigusa Kita: Events and Sightings. 89-92
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  Robert L. Patrick: Anecdotes. 93-95
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  Raúl Rojas: Reviews. 96-98
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  Michael R. Adamson: Biographies. 99-103

Local Area Networks

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  Michael N. Geselowitz: A Busman's Holiday in New Jersey. 104-105

Think Piece

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  Corinna Schlombs: Toward International Computing History. 107-108

Volume 28, Number 2, April-June 2006

From the Editor's Desk

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  David Alan Grier: From the Editor's Desk. 2-3

ENIAC's 60th Anniversary

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  Hans Neukom: The Second Life of ENIAC. 4-16
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  Till Zoppke, Raúl Rojas: The Virtual Life of ENIAC: Simulating the Operation of the First Electronic Computer. 18-25
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  James W. Cortada: The ENIAC's Influence on Business Computing, 1940s-1950s. 26-28
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  Maurice V. Wilkes: What I Remember of the ENIAC. 30-31

Features

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  Lyle R. Johnson: Coming to Grips with Univac. 32-42
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  Simon H. Lavington: In the Footsteps of Colossus: A Description of Oedipus. 44-55
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  Raymond E. Miller: Graduate Student Experiences at Illinois. 56-62

Departments

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  Chigusa Kita: Events and Sightings. 63-69
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  Phillip A. Laplante Jr., Stanley Mazor: Anecdotes. 70-76
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  Jonathan P. Bowen, Tim Bergin, Christopher H. Sterling: Reviews. 77-80
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  Tim Bergin: Biographies: Carl Hammer (1914-2004). 81-86

Think Piece

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  James W. Cortada: Looking at Technology through Industry Eyes. 87-88

Volume 28, Number 3, July-September 2006

From the Editor's Desk

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  David Alan Grier: From the Editor's Desk. 2-3

The Acquisition of Technology

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  Anne Fitzpatrick, Simon Y. Berkovich, Tatiana Kazokova: MESM and the Beginning of the Computer Era in the Soviet Union. 4-16
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  Hiroshi Ichikawa: Strela-1, the First Soviet Computer: Political Success and Technological Failure. 18-31
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  Walter F. Bauer: Informatics Acquisition by Sterling Software: Unsolicited Offer, Takeover Attempt, and Merger. 32-40
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  Christopher H. Sterling: Pioneering Risk: Lessons from the US Teletext/Videotex Failure. 41-47
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  Andrew L. Russell: 'Rough Consensus and Running Code' and the Internet-OSI Standards War. 48-61
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  Ethan Mollick: Establishing Moore's Law. 62-75

Departments

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  Jesse T. Quatse: Anecdotes. 76-80
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  Andrew Hodges, James W. Cortada: Reviews. 81-83
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  Michael N. Geselowitz: Local Area Networking. 84-85
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  Chigusa Kita: Events and Sightings. 86-88, 95
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  Christophe Lécuyer, David C. Brock: Biographies. 89-95

Think Piece

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  Paul E. Ceruzzi: The Materiality of the Internet.

Volume 28, Number 4, October-December 2006

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  David Alan Grier: From the Editor's Desk. 2-3
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  Paul E. Ceruzzi, Burton Grad: Guest Editors' Introduction: PC Software - Word Processing for Everyone. 4-5
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  Thomas Haigh: Remembering the Office of the Future: The Origins of Word Processing and Office Automation. 6-31
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  Thomas J. Bergin: The Origins of Word Processing Software for Personal Computers: 1976-1985. 32-47
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  Thomas J. Bergin: The Proliferation and Consolidation of Word Processing Software: 1985-1995. 48-63
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  Seymour Rubinstein: Recollections: The Rise and Fall of WordStar. 64-72
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  Ed Bride: The Media are the Message: 'The Influencers'. 74-79
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  Seymour Merrin: Selling PC Software: A Once-Irresistible Opportunity. 80-86
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  Amy Wohl: How We Process Words: The Marketing of WP Software. 88-91
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  Chigusa Kita: Events and Sightings. 92-95
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  Mike Marcus, George R. Trimble Jr.: Taking Newspapers from Hot Lead into the Electronic Age. 96-100
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  Raúl Rojas: Reviews. 101-103
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  Leonard J. Shustek: What Should We Collect to Preserve the History of Software? 110-112