Gordon bell: Building blocks of computing

Abstract

Gordon Bell describes how the minicomputer served as a building block for computing-enabled innovation and the eventual evolution of computing applications. The first Web extra at http://youtu.be/NFiWx-OBAXU is an audio recording of Charles Severance's Computing Conversations column, in which he discusses his interview with Gordon Bell about how the minicomputer served as a building block for computing-enabled innovation and the eventual evolution of computing applications. The second Web extra at http://youtu.be/8skBtQS-VVE is a video interview with Gordon Bell about how the minicomputer served as a building block for computing-enabled innovation and the eventual evolution of computing applications. © 1970-2012 IEEE.