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.
Beside Bill Davern's right hand can be seen a leather eyelet punch, which was used to insert holes that were missing if a mistake was discovered after the tape had been punched out on a paper tape punch. This device was replaced by a manual punch, which allowed a person to position the tape more accurately.
Description of Content
CSIRO Division of Building Research staff member (Bill Davern) sitting at the off line program and data preparation area, which was not connected to CSIRAC computer, 1958.
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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Place & Date Depicted
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Person Depicted
Mr Bill Davern - Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Graham Road, Highett, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1960
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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
