50 & 25 Years Ago

Distributed-Function Computer Architectures; Ragnar N. Nilsen (p.15): In view of these circumstances, the dispersion and distribution of information processing capabilities on a functional basis and their effect on future computer architectures seemed a timely subject for the Lake Arrowhead Workshop."(p.16) "In order to achieve the above objective, the agenda for this workshop was partitioned into the following four sessions."[Editor's note: The following four extracts briefly describe the four articles about the subject and contents of these sessions.]