Discovering Whirlwind's Joe Thompson (2020)

Computer History Museum Software History Center Director and Curator David C. Brock shares how he discovered the identity of Joe Thompson in a 1950s photograph of the historic Whirlwind computer.

Timeline: 2020s

School: School of Engineering

Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Career: Technology

Object: Video

Collection: Exhibits, Lincoln Lab, Order of Operations 1921-1945, Rising Voices 1995-Present, Staff, University of Pennsylvania

External Link: https://computerhistory.org/blog/meeting-whirlwind-s-joe-thompson/

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