Summary
This is one of a series of photographic material in print, negative and/or digital formats covering CSIRAC machine and the people associated with it. The series was acquired from the University of Melbourne in 2003.
Description of Content
Frank Hirst switching CSIRAC off for the last time in November, 1964. Significantly this event also marked the end of the first generation of computing. CSIRAC was one of the world's first electronic digital stored program computers and is the last of the first generation to still exist intact.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Computer Science & Software Engineering Department, University of Melbourne (The), by Jul 2003
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Classification
Computing & calculating, Digital computing, Archival materials
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Keywords
Computing, CSIRAC (Computer), First Generation Computers, Mainframe Computers, Making History - CSIRAC
