Summary
File containing letters between Thomas Cherry and Dr S Gill of Ferranti Ltd, London. The principal subject of the correspondence is the purchase of a high speed 5 hole tape reader for the CSIRAC computer. The file also contains a typed note regarding the tape reader, some rough jottings and a hand-written business card.
Physical Description
Correspondence details: 03/7/57 - S. Gill/Ferranti to T.M. Cherry - Thanks for hospitality/Programming manual for Mercury Computer available shortly. 19/7/57 - T.M. Cherry to S. Gill - Want to purchase Ferranti 5-hole tape reader Undated - Note - Ferranti tape reader Mark II requirement specification. Undated - Business Card/IBM New York - Handwritten note of Sydney address on reverse.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Computer Science & Software Engineering Department, University of Melbourne (The), by Jul 2003
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User
Computation Laboratory, University of Melbourne (The), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1957
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Collector
CSIRAC History Team, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1995
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Classification
Computing & calculating, Digital computing, Paperwork & documentation
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Keywords
Computing, CSIRAC (Computer), First Generation Computers, Mainframe Computers, Making History - CSIRAC
