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
John Spencer (left) in front of CSIRAC at Museum Victoria. In 1998 John wrote an emulator for CSIRAC to run on a modern personal computer and used it to simulate CSIRAC programs. He played a major part in recreating music first generated on CSIRAC in the early 1950s and collaborated with Paul Doornbusch to simulate the early "sounds of CSIRAC". (l-r ) John Spencer, Ron Bowles, Jurij Semkiw. 26 November 1999.
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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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Person Depicted
Mr. John Spencer, Whyte Street, Brighton, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1999
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Individuals Identified
(left to right):; Spencer, John; Bowles, Ron; Semkiw, Jurij
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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
Computer Music, Computing, CSIRAC (Computer), First Generation Computers, Mainframe Computers, Making History - CSIRAC
