Summary
Software Abstracts and Australia Supplement, part of the Program Library, produced DECUS, Digital Equipment Computer Users Society, 1985-1986. It consists of:
1. Program Library - DECUS, Software Abstracts & Australian Supplement, 1985-1986: Journal style booklet produced by DECUS International, Digital Equipment Computer Users Society. U.S.A. 1985
2. Program Library - DECUS, Software Abstracts Australian Supplement, 1985-1986: Supplement to the Software Abstracts booklet produced by DECUS International, Digital Equipment Computer Users Society. U.S.A. 1985.
The Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (DECUS) was set up by early users of the PDP-1 computer, which was manufactured by Digital Electronic Corporation (DEC), in Massachsetts, United States of America. The creation of DECUS was driven by the need to share information and computer programs for the PDP-1. One of the key reasons was that early users had to write their own software; DEC initially sold only hardware. Set up in 1961, DECUS grew to be one of the largest international societies of computer users in the world.
Physical Description
Program Library - DECUS, Software Abstracts & Australian Supplement, 1985-1986: Portrait format journal with white cover and blue text. There is an illustration of a 'caveman'/ palaeolithic man carving a wheel from stone in the bottom, centre of the cover page. The content is printed in black ink and comprises 274 pages of textual information. Program Library - DECUS, Software Abstracts Australian Supplement, 1985-1986: Portrait format journal with blue cover and white text. There is an illustration of a 'caveman'/ palaeolithic man carving a wheel from stone in the bottom, centre of the cover page. The content is printed in black ink and comprises 16 pages of textual information.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Materials Science Division, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 19 Jun 1986
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Publisher
Digital Equipment Computer Users' Society (DECUS), Australia, Canada, Europe & United States of America, 1985-1986
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Inscriptions
Software Abstracts: 'The 1985/1986 International DECUS Program Library SOFTWARE ABSTRACTS/ Personal Computer, DECmate II, PDP-11, VAX, PDP-8 and DECSYSTEM- 10/20 program abstracts, and media availability. See your Chapter Supplement for Service Charge Information/ DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL!... Supplement: 'The 1985/1986 International DECUS Program Library SOFTWARE ABSTRACTS/ Personal Computer, DECmate II, PDP-11, VAX, PDP-8 and DECSYSTEM- 10/20 program abstracts, and media availability. See your Chapter Supplement for Service Charge Information/ DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL!...'
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Classification
Computing & calculating, Digital computing, Reference materials
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Part Dimensions
214 mm (Width), 10 mm (Depth), 277 mm (Height)
Dimensions of software abstracts.
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Part Dimensions
214 mm (Width), 2 mm (Depth), 278 mm (Height)
Dimensions of supplement.
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