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In a subsequent interview with the ''Harold Journal'', [[Navel Hunsaker]], head of the [[Utah State University]] mathematics department, said of Mr. Stuart, "He always was a whiz with calculators." |
In a subsequent interview with the ''Harold Journal'', [[Navel Hunsaker]], head of the [[Utah State University]] mathematics department, said of Mr. Stuart, "He always was a whiz with calculators." |
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==Career== |
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==Connections to Seymour Cray== |
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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Mr. Stuart worked for [[Control Data Corporation]] (CDC) -- where [[Seymour Cray]] designed the [[CDC 6600]], the first commercial supercomputer. |
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Mr. Stuart worked for [[Control Data Corporation]] (CDC) -- where [[Seymour Cray]] designed the [[CDC 6600]], the first commercial supercomputer. |
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In the 1980s, Mr. Stuart worked for [[Zytrex]], which manufactured CMOS [[Programmable Array Logic|PAL]] [[programmable logic devices]] (PLDs) |
In the 1980s, Mr. Stuart worked for [[Zytrex]], which manufactured CMOS [[Programmable Array Logic|PAL]] [[programmable logic devices]] (PLDs). |
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==Real-time clocks== |
==Real-time clocks== |
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Revision as of 17:20, 27 September 2006
LaFarr Stuart (born July 61934 in Clarkston, Utah) is a computer engineer and early computer music pioneer.
Early computer music
In 1961, Mr. Stuart programmed Iowa State University's CYCLONE computer (a derivative of the Illiac) to play simple, recognizable tunes through an amplified speaker that had been attached to the system originally for administrative and diagnostic purposes. A recording of an interview with Mr. Stuart and his computer music was broadcast nationally on the NBC radio network program Monitor on February 10, 1962.
In a subsequent interview with the Harold Journal, Navel Hunsaker, head of the Utah State University mathematics department, said of Mr. Stuart, "He always was a whiz with calculators."
Career
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Mr. Stuart worked for Control Data Corporation (CDC) -- where Seymour Cray designed the CDC 6600, the first commercial supercomputer.
In the 1980s, Mr. Stuart worked for Zytrex, which manufactured CMOS PAL programmable logic devices (PLDs).
Real-time clocks
Mr. Stuart conceived installing battery-operated real-time clocks into computers, for which he received royalties until nearly 2000. Mr. Stuart jokingly admits contributing to the Year 2000 problem.
Preserving computer history
Mr. Stuart owns the first DEC PDP-11 to enter California and often visits the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.