IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Volume 29

Volume 29, Number 1, January-March 2007

David Alan Grier:
From the Editor's Desk. 2
Donn B. Parker:
The Dark Side of Computing: SRI International and the Study of Computer Crime. 3-15
Jiuchun Zhang, Baichun Zhang:
Founding of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Computing Technology. 16-33
Zbigniew Stachniak:
Intel SIM8-01: A Proto-PC. 34-48
Jack Minker:
Forming a Computer Science Center at the University of Maryland. 49-64
Keith Smillie:
Early Computing at the University of Alberta and the Introduction of the LGP-30. 65-73
C. Stewart Gillmor:
Stanford, the IBM 650, and the First Trials of Computer Date Matching. 74-80
Chigusa Kita:
Events and Sightings. 81-84
Walter F. Bauer:
Computer Recollections: Events, Humor, and Happenings. 85-89
Peter Eckstein:
Jack Kilby (1923-2005). 90-95
Raúl Rojas:
Reviews. 96-99
Tara Krueger:
Mapping Cyberspace: The Image of the Internet. 100

David Alan Grier:
From the Editor's Desk. 2
George T. Gray, Ronald Q. Smith:
Against the Current: The Sperry-Burroughs Merger and the Unisys Struggle to Survive 1980-2001. 3-17
Susan B. Barnes:
Alan Kay: Transforming the Computer into a Communication Medium. 18-30
Henry Oinas-Kukkonen:
From Bush to Engelbart: 'Slowly, Some Little Bells Were Ringing'. 31-39
Gopal K. Gupta:
Computer Science Curriculum Developments in the 1960s. 40-54
Adele Mildred Koss:
CDC, Raytheon, and Harvard University: Three Early Data Management Systems. 55-65
Chigusa Kita, Dag Spicer, Anne Fitzpatrick, Akihiko Yamada:
Events and Sightings. 66-69
Stanley Mazor:
Intel 8080 CPU Chip Development. 70-73
Raúl Rojas, Dag Spicer, Rocky R. Clark, Gerald Friedland:
Reviews. 74-77
Michael N. Geselowitz:
The Oxford-Cambridge Arc. 78-79
Peter Eckstein:
William Charles ('Bill') Norris. 80-86
James Sumner:
What Makes a PC? Thoughts on Computing Platforms, Standards, and Compatibility. 87-88

David Alan Grier:
From the Editor's Desk. 2-3
Paul E. Ceruzzi, Burton Grad:
Guest Editors' Introduction: PC Software--Spreadsheets for Everyone. 4-5
Martin Campbell-Kelly:
Number Crunching without Programming: The Evolution of Spreadsheet Usability. 6-19
Burton Grad:
The Creation and the Demise of VisiCalc. 20-31
Mitch Kapor:
Recollections on Lotus 1-2-3: Benchmark for Spreadsheet Software. 32-40
Jonathan Sachs:
Recollections: Developing Lotus 1-2-3. 41-48
Mario Aloisio:
Computing at the Malta Statistics Office, 1947-1970. 49-61
Chigusa Kita, Jeffrey R. Yost, Burt Grad, Thomas J. Bergin, Mike Marcus:
Events and Sightings. 62-66
Herbert Freeman:
Design of an Early Minicomputer. 68-71
Eric Weiss, Gerald Friedland, Margarita Esponda:
Reviews. 72-75
David Anderson:
Max Newman: Topologist, Codebreaker, and Pioneer of Computing. 76-81
David Anderson:
Patrick Blackett: Physicist, Radical, and Chief Architect of the Manchester Computing Phenomenon. 82-85
Nathan L. Ensmenger:
Computers as Ethical Artifacts. 86-88

David Alan Grier:
The Center of History. 2-5
Thomas J. Misa:
Guest Editors' Introduction: New Directions in the History of Computing. 6-7
Thomas J. Misa:
Arthur Norberg, the Charles Babbage Institute, and the History of Computing. 8-15
William Aspray:
Leadership in Computing History: Arthur Norberg and the Charles Babbage Institute. 16-26
James W. Cortada:
Studying the Role of IT in the Evolution of American Business Practices: A Way Forward. 28-39
Martin Campbell-Kelly:
The History of the History of Software. 40-51
Thomas J. Misa:
Understanding 'How Computing Has Changed the World'. 52-63
Jack Minker:
Developing a Computer Science Department at the University of Maryland. 64-75
Chigusa Kita, David L. Ferro, Dag Spicer, Kelly Rodoski, Hiroyuki Seki, Fred R. Shapiro, Thomas J. Bergin:
Events and Sightings. 76-81
Crispin Rope:
ENIAC as a Stored-Program Computer: A New Look at the Old Records. 82-87
Michael N. Geselowitz:
A Boat Excursion into Canada's Early Computer History-Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. 88-89
David Anderson, Janet Delve:
Biographies. 90-102
Brent Jesiek:
Pushing Boundaries in the History of Computing. 110-112