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
Roy Muncey from CSIRO Division of Building Research at Friden flexowriter with 5 hole tape being read on the left and a printout being generated on main part of flexowriter. Lighter print than Neg 13. Taken at night 17/6/1960. The significance of this photograph is that it shows in some detail the five hole equipment. This equipment is not captured in any other images except briefly in the film 'The Computer CSIRAC'
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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Date Depicted
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Person Depicted
Mr Roy Muncey - 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
