Summary
Book and compact disk telling the story of CSIRAC, the first stored program electronic computer in Australia and the fourth in the world; it is the only intact first generation computer. The book describes the machine and the pioneers who built and worked with it. The compact disk contains the electronic version of the book.
Physical Description
Printed bound soft cover book with over 176 pages and compact disk.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Computer Science & Software Engineering Department, University of Melbourne (The), by Jul 2003
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Publisher
University of Melbourne (The), Parkville, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2000
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Inscriptions
Book cover: The Last of the First/Doug McCann & Peter Thorne Compact disk: CSIRAC Book/The Last of the First
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Classification
Computing & calculating, Digital computing, Archival materials
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions - Closed
126 mm (Width), 2 mm (Depth), 126 mm (Height)
Dimensions of CD case.
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Overall Dimensions - Closed
176 mm (Width), 12 mm (Depth), 249 mm (Height)
Dimensions of booklet.
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Keywords
Computing, CSIRAC (Computer), First Generation Computers, Mainframe Computers, Making History - CSIRAC
