創(chuàng)建了第一臺計算機化文字處理機并把它推向市場的計算機產(chǎn)業(yè)先驅伊芙琳·貝利辛于周六在曼哈頓去世,享年93歲。
In an age when computers were in their infancy and few women were involved in their development, Ms. Berezin not only designed the first true word processor; in 1969, she was also a founder and the president of the Redactron Corporation, a tech start-up that was the first company exclusively engaged in manufacturing and selling the revolutionary machines.
在計算機處于發(fā)展初始階段且?guī)缀鯖]有女性參與計算機研發(fā)的年代,貝利辛女士不僅設計了第一臺真正的文字處理機,而且她還于1969年成為Redactron公司的創(chuàng)始人兼總裁。Redactron公司是一家技術型初創(chuàng)企業(yè),也是第一家專業(yè)從事生產(chǎn)和銷售這種創(chuàng)新性機器的公司。
Ms. Berezin called her computer the Data Secretary. The device had 13 semiconductor chips, some of which Ms. Berezin designed, and programmable logic to drive its word-processing functions.
貝利辛女士稱她的計算機為數(shù)據(jù)秘書。該設備裝有13種半導體芯片,其中有部分芯片是貝利辛女士設計的,而且其編程邏輯是為了驅動其文字處理功能。
Later versions of Redactron word processors came with monitor screens for text, separate printers, greater memory caches, smaller consoles , faster processing speeds and more programmed features to smooth the writing and editing tasks.
Redactron文字處理機的新版本增加了文本顯示屏,分離了打印機,擁有更大的內存、更小的操作臺、更快的處理速度以及更程序化的功能,可以更順利地處理寫作和編輯任務。
Ms. Berezin was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2011.
2011年貝利辛女士入選國際技術女性名人堂。
Ms. Berezin held nine computer-related patents. Her Data Secretary is on display at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif.
貝利辛女士有9項與計算機有關的專利。她的數(shù)據(jù)秘書還在加州山景城計算機歷史博物館中公開展出。
As is often the case with labor-saving devices, the advent of her word processor played out in unpredictable ways — making secretarial work easier for a time.
就像其他節(jié)省勞動力的機器一樣,她的文字處理機以一種不可預知的方式登場,而且曾一度使秘書工作更容易一些。