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Trevor Pearcey & the First Australian Computer: A Lost Opportunity?
Image: CSIR Radiophysics research staff, 1952
Source: Museum Victoria
This is a summary of an article entitled 'Trevor Pearcey & the First Australian Computer: A Lost Opportunity?'
The paper tells something of Trevor Pearcey's early contribution to Australian computing.
Shortly after the Second World War Trevor Pearcey joined the Radiophysics Division of the Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the predecessor of today's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). He designed the first Australian electronic computer, which was constructed in the Division. By 1951 this machine was functioning, but three years later a decision was made to discontinue work on computer development in CSIRO. Pearcey however went on to play a vital role in Australian computing, both in CSIRO and in academia.
The paper also takes a fresh look at some of the factors involved in the 1954 decision to terminate computer development in CSIRO.
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Proceedings - 'Australian Computer Conference Group C', Melbourne, Australia, 1963
This booklet is one of three booklets published by The Australian Committee on Computation and Automatic Control (ANCCAC), which organised the Automatic Computer Conference in Melbourne ...
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Proceedings - 'Conference on Automatic Computing Machines, August 1951', CSIRO & Universit ...
These proceedings, published in April 1952, describe the Conference held from 7 to 9 August 1951 and organised by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. It wa ...
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Journal - Computer Music Journal, 'Real-Time Computer Music in 1951', Cambridge, Massachus ...
Computer Music Journal, Volume 28, Number 1, Spring 2004. Published by the MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America. The issue is entitled 'Real-time Computer Music ...
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Rack - CSIRAC Computer, Delay Line Test Unit, 1949-1964
Test unit for checking the components of the mercury delay line memory system. The test unit consists of a rack of chassis (corresponding to circuit boards in modern equipment) and is ...
From: Sydney, Australia Images: 0 -
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Rack - CSIRAC Computer, General Purpose Test Unit, 1949-1964
The test unit was used to check CSIRAC while it was in operation. The tests were not on a micro level but more for routine maintenance and to check that the different components were wo ...
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