Working Papers and Reports

Archive Unit

Scope and Content

Comprises:

  • C1, anonymous, A Brief Description of the EDSAC, typescript, pp. 5, (1949). There are two pages of freehand circuit diagrams at the back of the report.
  • C2, M.V. Wilkes, Programming for a High-Speed Automatic Calculating Machine, typescript, pp. 12, (?1949); A signed letter from Wilkes to A.J. Crawley, Ministry of Supply, 10 May 1949, is inside.
  • C3, Programme notes, list of speakers, lectures, etc. for Conference on High-Speed Automatic Calculating Machines, 2225 June 1949;
  • C4, (a) Lists of speakers and lectures for various Mathematical Laboratory colloquia on computers, ca. 1950, (b) S. Gill, Notes on Colloquium on Whirlwind Computer, typescript, pp. 4, (c 1955);
  • C5, Bound photocopy of freehand notes and circuit diagrams of EDSAC, January-March 1948;
  • C6, Bound photocopy of the first EDSAC logbook begun on 6 May 1949;
  • C7, Report of a Conference on High-Speed Automatic Calculating Machines, 2225 June 1949 , (Mathematical Laboratory and Ministry of Supply, January 1950) pp. 141. 2 copies;
  • C8, Report on the Preparation of Programmes for the EDSAC and the Use of the Library of Sub Routines, (Cambridge: Mathematics Laboratory, September 1950);
  • C9, Introduction to Programming for EDSAC 2, (Cambridge: Mathematical Laboratory, 1957) pp. 34 + appendix;
  • C10, A Programmers' Guide to EDSAC 2, (Cambridge: Mathematical Laboratory, 1957) pp. 36. Supplement No.1 is inserted at the back;
  • C11, M.V. Wilkes, Time Sharing, Typescript draft book (1968);
  • C12 M.V. Wilkes, Some Reflections on Automatic Programming and on the Design of Digital Computers, Technical Memo 61/2, (1961) pp. 10;
  • C13, C. Strachey and M.V. Wilkes, Some Proposals for Improving the Efficiency of ALGOL 60, Technical Memo 61/5, (1961) pp. 11;
  • C14, John H. Mathewman, An Experimental Syntax Directed Compiler for EDSAC 2, Technical Memo 64/4, pp. 22;
  • C15, R.K. Livesley, A Beginner's Guide to the EDSAC 2 Autocode, typescript (1961) pp. 24;
  • C16, D.W. Barron, Users' Guide to the EDSAC Magnetic Tape System typescript (1961) pp. 19;
  • C17, Mathematical Laboratory Cambridge (with University of London Institute of Computer Science), CPL Elementary Programming Manual, 3rd edition (1966);
  • C18 D.F. Hartley,EDSAC 2 Autocode programming manual, (September 1961);
  • C19, File containing following reports - M.V. Wilkes, Technical memorandum No.63/1. An experiment with a self-compiler for a simple list-processing language, (February 1963), D.F. Hartley, EDSAC 2 Autocode programming manual, 2nd edition, (1962-63), Martin Fieldhouse, User's guide to EDSAC LP program, (September 1961), C. Strachey and M.V. Wilkes,Some proposals for improving the efficiency of ALGOL 60, (July 1961), D.W. Barron, Programming for EDSAC 2 with main store, (November 1962), D.W Barron, User's guide to the EDSAC magnetic tape system, (October 1962), EDSAC service routines, (October 1962), M.V. Wilkes,Some reflections on automatic programming and on the design of digital computers, (May 1961), R.K. Livesey,A beginner's guide to the EDSAC 2 Autocode, (August 1961), D.F. Hartley, The EDSAC Autocode translator, (June 1962);
  • C20, N.E. Wiseman,Application of list processing methods to the design of interconnections for a fast logic system, (June 1963);
  • C21, M.V. Wilkes, A language for facilitating the use of formal derivatives in numerical analysis, (March 1965);
  • C22, H.P.F. Swinnerton-Dyer, The planning of an Autocode compiler, (September 1965);
  • C23, P.J. Brown, ML/I user's manual, 3rd edition, (June 1967);
  • C24, I.R. Jackson, PENNY: a language for the manipulation of documents and phases, (October 1967);
  • C25, J. Larmouth,TITAN mixed language system - MLS specification of permissible commands, (December 1967);
  • C26, FORTRAN subroutine library, (August 1967);
  • C27, The Mathewman paginating program - Mark 2, (August 1967);
  • C28, D.W. Barron and A.D. Hall, SARA reference manual, (August 1967);
  • C29, M.F. Bott, An introduction to machine code programming for TITAN, October 1966);
  • C30, P.J. Brown, The use of ML/I in implementing a machine-independent language in order to bootstrap itself from machine to machine, (January 1968);
  • C31, TITAN mixed language system - MLS. The IAL library, (August 1967);
  • C32, C, Whitby-Strevens, ETAL user's manual, (July 1967);
  • C33, M. Richards and C. Whitby-Strevens, The IAL loader for TITAN, (n.d. ?late 1960s);
  • C34, TITAN machine-code programming manual, 2nd edition, (September 1967).