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
Built by Brian Cooper in 1950-52 as auxuillary storage. It was intended as an experimental prototype, however, it was actually installed and gave good service during the time the computer operated in Sydney. It was replaced by a disc when CSIRAC recommenced operation in Melbourne in 1956. 23 October, 1951.
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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Collector
CSIRAC History Team, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1995 or later
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Classification
Computing & calculating, Digital computing, Archival materials
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Type of item
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Keywords
Computing, CSIRAC (Computer), First Generation Computers, Mainframe Computers, Making History - CSIRAC
