id: 05083913 dt: j an: 05083913 au: Cortada, James W. ti: Researching the History of Software from the 1960s. so: IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 24, No.01, 72-79 (2002). py: 2002 pu: IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA la: EN cc: ut: ci: li: doi:10.1109/85.988584 ab: Summary: The history of software from the 1960s has barely begun to be studied, and literature on its past is limited. This article explores why such a situation exists, identifies study resources, and explains some of the issues concerning archival holdings. The author suggests an initial research agenda, arguing that the 1960s were seminal for the history of software as a whole. rv: