Summary
Mercury Delay Line - CSIRAC, Mercury Delay Line Main Memory, 'Hot' Box , 1956 -1964.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Frank Hirst - University of Melbourne (The), Mar 1965
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Maker
Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1947
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Designer
Dr Trevor Pearcey
Trevor Pearcey was involved with Maston Beard in the design, construction and operation of the CSIR Mk1 computer (later renamed CSIRAC) at the CSIR Division of Radiophysics, Sydney, up until 1955, when the computer was moved to Melbourne. -
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Mr Maston Beard
Maston Beard collaborated with Trevor Pearcey in the design, construction and initial operation of the CSIR Mk1 computer (later renamed CSIRAC) at the CSIR Division of Radiophysics, Sydney. Work started in 1947 and the computer was fully operational by 1951, although subsequent modifications were later made throughout the computer's working life up to 1964. This was one of the components used in the computer. -
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Overall Dimensions
112 cm (Length), 42 cm (Width), 24 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Computers, Computing, CSIRAC (Computer), Making History - CSIRAC
