Summary
Paper tape program part of a collection of paper tape programs used for input to CSIRAC.
This type of program calculates, for any multi-storied, rigid framed structure, the joint rotations, storey translations, and end moments in each member, for a number of columns and a number of stories. There are five such programs.
The collection includes the original University of Melbourne Computation Laboratory Paper Tape Library of tapes of subroutines and programs, and program and data tapes from staff and outside users.
Most of the paper tapes were 12-track punched paper tapes. 5 hole paper tapes were used primarily for data input and output rather than program input.
Each tape has a 'T' number. The Computation Laboratory Paper Tape Library consisted of tapes with a tape number less than 700. There were not 700 tapes but the number 700 was arbitrarily chosen to separate the Computation Laboratory Library tapes from user tapes.
Details of this tape:
04.2 Flexowriter Output 6 Routines Unrounded. Details in header of tape file.
For more documentation on the contents of this tape see folder 4.2, inventory id HT13511.8
More Information
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Collection Names
CSIRAC Collection, CSIRAC Archive Collection, CSIRAC Paper Tape Library Collection
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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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User
University of Melbourne (The), Grattan Street, Parkville, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1959-1964
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Format
Paper Tape
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Keywords
Computing, CSIRAC (Computer), First Generation Computers, Mainframe Computers, Making History - CSIRAC
