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CSIRAC (1949 - ) |
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| Function: Computer Technology or Multimedia | ||
| Location: Australia | ||
| In the late 1940s Australian scientists embarked on an ambitious project to design and build, from the ground up, a programmable digital computer. They succeeded. The computer they created was not only the first computer in Australia, it was one of the very first in the world. This was the CSIR Mk 1 computer (later renamed CSIRAC). It provided a computing service through the 1950s and well into the 1960s. Furthermore, it survives intact and is now considered to be the oldest survivor of the machines which started the digital revolution. |
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| URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/csirac/ | ||
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