Bloodhound on my Trail: Building the Ferranti Argus Process Control Computer

Digital computers for process control were developed at the end of the 1950s. They had different design objectives from computers for scientific or commercial use. The Ferranti Argus was among the first computers worldwide used for direct digital control. The Argus was invented at Ferranti's Wy...

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Published in:	The international journal for the history of engineering & technology Vol. 82; no. 1; pp. 1 - 36
Main Author:	Aylen, Jonathan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Leeds Routledge 01.01.2012 Maney
Subjects:	analogue control automation Cold War communities of practice Computer hardware and multimedia defence innovation digital computer ferrite core memory guided weapons History of computer science History of science and technology interrupts process control Technology transistors Century 20 Automation Military engineering communities of practice transistors Data processing Transistor analogue control guided weapons defence innovation digital computer ferrite core memory Innovation Cold War process control interrupts
ISSN:	1758-1206, 1758-1214
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