1980
Programming the EDSAC: Early Programming Activity at the University of Cambridge
by Martin Campbell-Kelly
Historian Martin Campbell-Kelly published a series of important articles on the earliest computer programming activities at Cambridge University (EDSAC), Manchester University (Mark I), and the National Physical Laboratory (Pilot Ace) in the second and third volumes of the Annals. These technical examinations not only provide rich perspective on programming frameworks, assumptions, and techniques, they also helped establish the international scope of the Annals. This is the first of the articles. It briefly sets the framework for understanding pioneering programming efforts in Great Britain before providing a detailed analysis of programming the EDSAC at Cambridge.
Recollections of the Earliest Days of Machine Tabulating
by Gary C. Kessler
This a fascinating and rare first hand account of activities at Herman Holleriths's Tabulating Machine Company. The account is based on the author's interviews with Daniel Pickrell, an office boy for Herman Hollerith from 1910 to 1917.
1981
Recollections of the Earliest Days of Machine Tabulating
by Gary C. Kessler
This a fascinating and rare first hand account of activities at Herman Holleriths's Tabulating Machine Company. The account is based on the author's interviews with Daniel Pickrell, an office boy for Herman Hollerith from 1910 to 1917.
Programming the EDSAC: Early Programming Activity at the University of Cambridge
by Martin Campbell-Kelly
Historian Martin Campbell-Kelly published a series of important articles on the earliest computer programming activities at Cambridge University (EDSAC), Manchester University (Mark I), and the National Physical Laboratory (Pilot Ace) in the second and third volumes of the Annals. These technical examinations not only provide rich perspective on programming frameworks, assumptions, and techniques, they also helped establish the international scope of the Annals. This is the first of the articles. It briefly sets the framework for understanding pioneering programming efforts in Great Britain before providing a detailed analysis of programming the EDSAC at Cambridge.