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The Computer Museum in Boston hosted the Pioneer Computer Lecture Series, and posters were created as advertisements for each of the events. Some of those posters were given to Mary Hopper by Brian Silverman.

Below are the individual posters with link to the videos of the lectures.
Taken together, they tell the story of modern computing.

Check out the Pioneers Posters Exhibit based on this collection.

Z1, Z2, Z3

Konrad Zuse, Z1, Z2, Z3
Who invented the computer? – Konrad Zuse’s Contribution (Raj Reddy, YouTube Video)

Bell Labs Relay Computers

George Stibitz, Bell Labs Relay Computers
The Bell Labs Relay Computers (George Stibitz, Computer History Museum)

Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

John Vincent Atanasoff, The ABC: Atanasoff-Berry Computer
The ABC Machine: Atanasoff-Berry Computer (John Vincent Atanasoff, Computer History Museum)

ENIAC

John Brainerd, Development of the ENIAC Project
Development of the ENIAC Project (John Brainerd, Computer History Museum)

Colossus

Tom Flowers, Colossus
The Colossus, WWII Code-Breaking Machine (Tom Flowers, Computer History Museum)

EDSAC

Maurice Wilkes, EDSAC
The Birth and Growth of the Digital Computer (Maurice Wilkes, Computer History Museum)

Early Manchester Computers

Dai Edwards, Early Manchester Computers
Early Manchester Computers (Dai Edwards, Computer History Museum)

Whirlwind

J. Forrester, The Whirlwind Computer
The Whirlwind Computer (Jay Forrester, Computer History Museum)

Bookshelf

These are some key books in the collection. More…


Bletchley Park Brainteasers by Sinclair McKay
ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World’s First Computer by Scott McCartney

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