International Conference on the History of Computing, August 14-16 1998, Heinz-Nixdorf Museum Forum, Paderborn, Germany.

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Dates of Creation
- 1998

Scope and Content

Talks delivered at the conference, including papers by Tom Kilburn, Frank Sumner and Chris Burton.

Archive Record|Table of contents

History of Computing Collection: Miscellaneous PublicationsNAHC/MSC

Arthur Burks, Herman H. Goldstine and John von Neumann, Preliminary Discussion of the Logical Design of an Electronic Computing Instrument, typescript pp. 53, plus table and diagram (June 1946)NAHC/MSC/1

Helmut Hoelzer, Application of Electrical Networks to the Solution of Differential Equations and the Stabilisation of Previous Rules, typescript dissertation (in German), pp. 72 (1946)NAHC/MSC/2,

P.W. Woodward, History and Binary Arithmetic; Computing Processes, Lectures I and II in Electronic Digital Computer, TRE Lecture Series, typescripts, pp. 6NAHC/MSC/3

A. Bodley-Scott, A Note on the Miller Integrator and its Allied Circuits, Torpedo Experimental Establishment, Greenock, Technical Note No.37, typescript pp. 11, plus diagrams (1947)NAHC/MSC/4

H.J. Dreyer (ed.), Development of Mathematical Instruments in Germany 1939 to 1945, typescript reports (in German), with photographs, Reports B2a, B7d (1947)NAHC/MSC/5

Raymond Thompson, LEO Chronicle, typescript, pp. 23 (1947)NAHC/MSC/6

George W. Patterson (ed.), Theory and Techniques for Design of Electronic Digital Computers, Moore School of Electrical Engineering, Philadelphia, Vol.IV (1948)NAHC/MSC/7

ArticlesNAHC/MSC/8

Arthur Stroud, Remarks on the Disposition of Points in Numerical Integration Formulas, typescript, pp. 7, Office of Ordnance Research, US Army, January 1958NAHC/MSC/9

Arthur H. Stroud, Numerical Integration Formulas of Degree 2, typescript, pp. 10, Office of Ordnance Research, US Army, January 1959NAHC/MSC/10

Bruce A. Chartres, An Exact Method of Generating Random Normal Deviates, Technical Report No.5, typescript, pp. 15. for Dept. of Army Signals Corps, March 1959;NAHC/MSC/11

B.A. Chartres, Numerical Methods for the Stability Analysis of Many Dimensional Linear Systems, typescript, pp. 74, Brown University, Providence RI, April 1959NAHC/MSC/12,

J. Fell and H.R. Lowday, The Spectral Analysis of Noise Records by Fourier Series Methods, typescript pp. 24 and charts, Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd, Armaments Division, June 1959NAHC/MSC/13

R.W. Bemer, Survey of Modern Programming Techniques: a Lecture following the Annual General Meeting of The British Computer Society, September 1960NAHC/MSC/14

T.E. Bell, Computer Performance Analysis: Measurement objectives and tools, A Report prepared for National Aeronautics and Space Administration and US Air Force Project, Rand, Santa Monica, February 1971NAHC/MSC/15

BBC TV All our Working Lives, selected typescriptsNAHC/MSC/16

FileNAHC/MSC/17

Paul Drath, The Relationship Between Science and Technology: University Research and the Computer Industry, Manchester University Ph.D., pp. 200, 1973NAHC/MSC/18

John M. Bennett, Some Reflections on Large Systems Computing and Others , typescript, pp. 25, 1983NAHC/MSC/19

Serena Kelly, Report of a Survey of the Archives of British Commercial Computer Manufacturers, IEE, pp. 279, 1985NAHC/MSC/20

Nicholas A. Vonneuman, John von Neumann as Seen by His Brother, typescript, pp. 71, 1987NAHC/MSC/21

W.S. Elliott, Computer-Aided Mechanical Engineering, 1958 to 1988, typescript, pp. 50, 1988;NAHC/MSC/22

James Small, Analogue Computers: Technical Change and Designer History, Manchester University M.Sc., pp. 143, 1988NAHC/MSC/23

John Hendry, Innovating for Failure: Government Policy and the Early British Computer Industry, typescript, pp. 386NAHC/MSC/24,

M. Eloina Pelaez V., A Gift from Pandora's Box: The Software Crisis , Edinburgh Ph.D., pp. 260, 1988NAHC/MSC/25

Peter J. Bird, LEO Pride of Lyons. The Birth of Business Computing, typescript, pp. 232, 1989NAHC/MSC/26

I. Bernard Cohen, The Computer: A Case Study of the Support by Government, especially the Military, of a New Science and Technology, typescript, pp. 36NAHC/MSC/27

United Birmingham Hospitals and University of Birmingham Medical School, Towards a Hospital Computer Service, typescriptNAHC/MSC/28

United Birmingham Hospitals, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre Computer Project: Systems Design ReportNAHC/MSC/29

United Birmingham Hospitals, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre Computer Project: Systems Design Appendices, typescript, 1970.NAHC/MSC/30

Conference on the impact of users’ needs on the design of data processing systems, March 1964NAHC/MSC/31

British Joint Computer Conference, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1966NAHC/MSC/32

IFIP Congress, Edinburgh 1968NAHC/MSC/33

Shaw (ed.), The Teaching of Programming at University Level. Proceedings of the Joint IBM University of Newcastle upon Tyne Seminar held in the University Computer Laboratory, 8th-11th September 1970. [NAHC/MSC/34

Shaw (ed.), The Teaching of Computer Design. Computer Laboratory. Proceedings of the Joint IBM University of Newcastle upon Tyne Seminar held in the University Computer Laboratory, 7th-10th September 1971.NAHC/MSC/35

B. Shaw (ed.), The Application of Computer to Business. Computer Laboratory. Proceedings of the Joint IBM University of Newcastle upon Tyne Seminar held in the University Computer Laboratory, 5th-8th September 1972.NAHC/MSC/36

B. Shaw (ed.), Computers and the Educated Individual. Computer Laboratory, Proceedings of the Joint IBM University of Newcastle upon Tyne Seminar held in the University Computer Laboratory, 9th-12th September 1975.NAHC/MSC/37

Proceedings of a Conference on Teaching Computing held at the University of Bristol, University Grants Committee (London), March 1972NAHC/MSC/38

Some Applications of the Atlas Computer, Didcot, Berks: Atlas Computer Laboratory, October 1968NAHC/MSC/39

Policy and Programme Review of Research and Training in Computing Science, June 1972NAHC/MSC/40

Report on Research Support for Computer Aided Design, December 1972NAHC/MSC/41

G. Bell (ed.), Computer Chess, Didcot, Berks.: Atlas Computer Laboratory, 1973NAHC/MSC/42

Artificial Intelligence: a paper symposium, April 1973NAHC/MSC/43

Computer Networks, June 1974NAHC/MSC/44

Telecommunications, December 1974NAHC/MSC/45

The Coordinated Programme of Research in Distributed Computing Systems, Annual Report, 1979NAHC/MSC/46

Data Processing Standards. Systems Documentation Manual, NCC, Manchester, 1969NAHC/MSC/47

Report on Standards in computing. A consultative document produced by the National Computing Centre Ltd. for the DTI, September 1977NAHC/MSC/48

Standards for Computing, NCCNAHC/MSC/49

Standards Directory. National and International Standards and standardisation activities in the computer field, London, ICL, 1982NAHC/MSC/50

Hugh Small, Buying Computer Systems with Standard Communications Facilities, Yale Data Management Consultants Ltd. [for the DTI], Maidenhead, Berks, 1983NAHC/MSC/51

S. J. McGuire and G. J. Taylor, 'Distributed Unix System and OSI Standards Final Report', CAP London Industrial [for the DTI], London, 1983NAHC/MSC/52

Standards Promotion and Application Group (SPAG), 'Guide to the use of standards', North-Holland, 1987NAHC/MSC/53

H. P. J. Wijn, Frequency-Dependence of Magnetization Processes in ferrites and its Relation to the Distortion Caused by Ferrite Cores, N. V. Philips Gloeilampenfabriken, Separaat 2146, Eindhoven, 1953NAHC/MSC/54

Mace and J. Alsop, A Simplified System for the Use of an Automatic Calculator, Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory, Columbia University, 1957NAHC/MSC/55

V. V. Bardzh, Magnetic Internal Memory with Direct Selection, The Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, 1958NAHC/MSC/56

R. A. Brooker, I. R. MacCallum, D. Morris and J. S. Rohn, The Compiler Compiler, ICT, 1963NAHC/MSC/57

Silicon Solid Circuits. “Papers Given by Semiconductors LTD. at the Brit. IRE/IEE Conference on Solid Circuits, Edinburgh, April 1964NAHC/MSC/58

The Influence of High Level Languages on Computer System Design, Meeting of the Joint IEE/IERE Computer Group, March 1976NAHC/MSC/59

R. H. Kerr, Perturbations of cometary orbits, Proceedings of the Fourth Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability, 1960, 149-164NAHC/MSC/60

A. Bird, Technical Description of the Distributed Array Processor. ICL Array Processor Project, August 1975NAHC/MSC/61

D. Parkinson, Technical Description of the Distributed Array Processor. ICL Array Processor Project, November 1976.NAHC/MSC/62

R. J. Swan, S. H. Fuller, and D. P. Siewiorek, "CM: A Modular, Multi-Microprocessor"NAHC/MSC/63

Hockney, Super-Computer architectureNAHC/MSC/64

Oppenheimer and N. Weizer, Resource management for a medium scale time sharing operating system,NAHC/MSC/65

David J. Wheeler, Addressing methods for modern computersNAHC/MSC/66

R. A. Hopgood, Hash Tables, 1966NAHC/MSC/67

P. J. Denning, The working set model for program behaviourNAHC/MSC/68

L. C. Varian and E. G. Coffman, An empirical study of the behaviour of programs in a paging environment. Detailed summary and preliminary results, pp.16, 6NAHC/MSC/69

T. R. Finch, Transistor Resistor Logic. Circuits for Digital data Systems, Bell Telephone Laboratories Report , April 1958NAHC/MSC/70

C. Nottley, Standard Computer Panels, June 1958NAHC/MSC/71

A New Remote-Accessed Man-Machine System, General Electric Company, 1964NAHC/MSC/72

Computers U.K.: an annual survey of the computer industry in Britain, Digest Data booksNAHC/MSC/73

Computers U.K.: an annual survey of the computer industry in Britain, Digest Data books, 1966NAHC/MSC/74

H. Tucker, Simulation of Slave Memories, University Mathematical Laboratory, Cambridge, technical memorandum 66/1, March 1966NAHC/MSC/75

Møld. Multiple On-Line Debugging System prepared by Darthmouth GE Time Sharing System, 1966NAHC/MSC/76

Donald Michie, Conversing with a computer, Department of Machine Intelligence and Perception, University of Edinburgh, October 1967NAHC/MSC/77

Computer Aided Design Committee, First Annual Report, Ministry of TechnologyNAHC/MSC/78

Computer Aided Design Committee, Report on Computer Graphics, January 1969NAHC/MSC/79

Alcock Sharing and Partners, Genesys Reference Manual prepared for the Ministry of Public Building and Works, Loughborough: The Genesys Centre, University of Technology, 1970NAHC/MSC/80

P. J. Brown, The ML/I Macro Processor. ML/I User’s Manual, University of Kent at Canterbury, 1970NAHC/MSC/81

W. Dale, J. L Roberts, D. Simpson, Towards a modular system for medical computing for Bristol. Report for the Study Group on modular Methods for Medical Computing, Department of Public Health, University of Bristol, June 1970NAHC/MSC/82

R. Asbury and G. England, DMAC System, Chilton, Berkshire: Atlas Computer Laboratory, 1971NAHC/MSC/83

R. Balzer, Automatic Programming, University of Southern California, 1972NAHC/MSC/84

Computing and Social Sciences, Report of an SSRC PanelNAHC/MSC/85

Technical Service Division-Central Computer Agency, Coral 66 for Software and Real Time Applications on Smaller Computers, 1973NAHC/MSC/86

An Understanding of Coral 66, Computer Analysts and Programmers Ltd. (CAP)NAHC/MSC/87

N. G. Depledge, Coral 66. A Practical High-Level Language for mini computer software and applications program development, Hertfordshire, England: HoneywellNAHC/MSC/88

David A. Turner, SASL Language ManualNAHC/MSC/89

R. H. Perrott, ACTUS. A Language for Array and Vector Processor. User Manual, Department of Computer Science, The Queen’s University of Belfast, 1979NAHC/MSC/90

W. G. Ames, A Cray-1 Cross Assembler, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1978NAHC/MSC/91

Wesley P. Petersen for Cray 1, Cray Research Inc.NAHC/MSC/92

Cray 1, Unit Spaced Fast Matrix MultiplyNAHC/MSC/93

Cray 1, Linear Digital Filters for CFT usageNAHC/MSC/94

Cray 1, Basic Linear Algebra for CFT usageNAHC/MSC/95

Cray 1, Complex to Real Fast Fourier Transform. Binary Radix SubroutineNAHC/MSC/96

Cray 1, Complex Fast Fourier Transform. Binary Radix SubroutineNAHC/MSC/97

Cray 1, Real to Complex Fast Fourier Transform. Binary Radix SubroutineNAHC/MSC/98

Cray 1, Partial Pivoting. Linear Equation SolverNAHC/MSC/99

Cray 1, Arbitrary Spaced Fast Matrix MultiplyNAHC/MSC/100

Cray 1, Subroutines for Packing and Unpacking 64-bit wordsNAHC/MSC/101

A Network Independent File Transfer Protocol prepared by the High Level Protocol Group, University Computer Service, Cambridge, December 1977NAHC/MSC/102

A Network Independent File Transfer Protocol revised by the File Transfer Protocol Implementors, National Physical Laboratory, February 1981NAHC/MSC/103

File Transfer Protocol Implementors Group, A Network Independent File Transfer Protocol, Data Communication Protocols Unit, Teddington: National Physical Laboratory, 1981NAHC/MSC/104

International Data Corporation, Eurocast: European Computer Market Forecast. Application Unique Terminal Marketplace Western Europe, London, 1984NAHC/MSC/105

The Barriers and the Opportunities of Information Technology – A Management Perspective, London: A. T. Kerney Management Consultants, 1984NAHC/MSC/106

Ronald Brown, Electronics in Large Stores: a research report on systems, equipment, costs, advantages and markets, Somerset: Post-News, 1984NAHC/MSC/107

Ronald Brown, Electronics in Supermarkets: a research report on systems, equipment, costs, advantages and markets, Somerset: Post-News, 1986NAHC/MSC/108

Linda L. Hyde, Interactive Home Shopping, Dublin, Ohio: Management Horizons, 1988NAHC/MSC/109

Europe in Focus: Retail Technology in Europe, 1980-1985, London: Euromonitor, 1988NAHC/MSC/110

Daphne P Kilner, The Story of an EnterpriseNAHC/MSC/111

International Conference on the History of Computing, August 14-16 1998, Heinz-Nixdorf Museum Forum, Paderborn, Germany.NAHC/MSC/112

Conference on Computer Methods For Simulating Industrial Processes and SystemsNAHC/MSC/113

AutomationNAHC/MSC/114

Archives Center, National Museum of American HistoryNAHC/MSC/115

The CLEF Project, 1979-1983NAHC/MSC/116