Title:
Oral History of Fernando Corbató

Date:
2006-02-01

Pages:
23 p.

Interviewer:
Corbató, Fernando; interviewee
Webber, Steven; interviewer
Hendrie, Gardner; cameraperson

Abstract:
Fernando Corbató reviews his early educational and naval experiences in the Eddy program during World War II. Corbató attended Cal Tech and MIT, where he received his PhD under the tutelage of Professor Phil Morse and worked with Whirlwind. A detailed exploration of Corbató’s time-sharing systems projects including the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS), Project MAC, and Multics completes the oral history.

Keywords:
Corbató, Fernando
UCLA
United States Navy
The Eddy program
Cal Tech
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Morse, Phil
Whirlwind
IBM 704
IBM 709
MIT Computation Center
Timesharing operating system
McCarthy, John
Relocatable loader
Teager, Herb
Fano, Bob
Compatible Timesharing System (CTSS)
Project MAC
Glaser, Ted
Couleur, John
General Electric
Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service)
Dynamic linking

Rights:
Computer History Museum

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