5 Aug
2009
5 Aug
'09
8:01 p.m.
This year's VCF East (6.0) keynote speaker is Ted Hurewitz.
Unlike some of our past keynoters -- Bill Mauchly, Chuck Peddle, David Ahl, etc. -- most
collectors probably never heard of Mr. Hurewitz.
But he's quite awesome. He was in the engineering group for RCA's Bizmac tube
computer, and he worked on the design for the RCA 501. This all went down in Camden, N.J.
in the 1950s. Amusing sidebar: one of his employees was Arnold Spielberg -- father of
Steven.
Some info about Bizmac is here: http://www.cedmagic.com/history/rca-bizmac-computer.html
and also here: http://www.computermuseum.li/Testpage/RCA-Bizmac-1951.htm ...... some info
about the 501 is here:
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/RCA/RCA.501.1958.10264627… (and in
many other places, according to Google.)
Hurewitz will give his lecture on the morning of Sat., Sept. 12 (exact time to be
determined) followed by audience Q&A.