| A Bookmark! [message #405722] |
Mon, 15 February 2021 17:22  |
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Originally posted by: gareth evans
Bought a second hand book, long discharged from the library
at AERE Harwell, and there, as a book mark is a job card
for a program execution, with the handwritten notes saying that
the run time should be under 30 secs and that the Atlas II should
be used. User's name was Gill, year - mid 1960s.
Ring a bell with anyone?
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| Re: A Bookmark! [message #405727 is a reply to message #405722] |
Mon, 15 February 2021 19:47  |
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Originally posted by: A.T. Murray
On Monday, February 15, 2021 at 2:22:15 PM UTC-8, gareth evans wrote:
> Bought a second hand book, long discharged from the library
> at AERE Harwell, and there, as a book mark is a job card
> for a program execution, with the handwritten notes saying that
> the run time should be under 30 secs and that the Atlas II should
> be used. User's name was Gill, year - mid 1960s.
>
> Ring a bell with anyone?
Wrote a second rate book, saw somebody create a Web page about it:
https://redditfavorites.com/products/artificial-intelligence -in-ancient-latin
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| Re: A Bookmark! [message #405729 is a reply to message #405727] |
Mon, 15 February 2021 19:50 |
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Originally posted by: Bob Eager
On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:47:17 -0800, A.T. Murray wrote:
> On Monday, February 15, 2021 at 2:22:15 PM UTC-8, gareth evans wrote:
>> Bought a second hand book, long discharged from the library at AERE
>> Harwell, and there, as a book mark is a job card for a program
>> execution, with the handwritten notes saying that the run time should
>> be under 30 secs and that the Atlas II should be used. User's name was
>> Gill, year - mid 1960s.
>>
>> Ring a bell with anyone?
Someone named Gill gave me a piece of Atlas memory!
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| Re: A Bookmark! [message #405732 is a reply to message #405722] |
Mon, 15 February 2021 21:31 |
Charles Richmond
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Registered: December 2011
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On 2/15/2021 4:22 PM, gareth evans wrote:
> Bought a second hand book, long discharged from the library
> at AERE Harwell, and there, as a book mark is a job card
> for a program execution, with the handwritten notes saying that
> the run time should be under 30 secs and that the Atlas II should
> be used. User's name was Gill, year - mid 1960s.
>
> Ring a bell with anyone?
>
Stan Gill was involved in Ferranti Atlas I and II development.
http://curation.cs.manchester.ac.uk/atlas/elearn.cs.man.ac.u k/_atlas/docs/My%20Life%20on%20Atlas%201%20and%202%20final.p df
Stan Gill worked on EDSAC with Maurice Wilkes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Gill
Stan Gill was co-author of perhaps the first program preparation book:
_Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer_,
Addison-Wesley, 1951, Maurice Wilkes, David Wheeler, and Stanley Gill
("Google is your friend... even may offer to sell you any random thing
that might be related to the topic! ;-( )
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Charles Richmond
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| Re: A Bookmark! [message #405735 is a reply to message #405732] |
Tue, 16 February 2021 00:30 |
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Originally posted by: Stoat
On 16/02/21 3:31 pm, Charles Richmond wrote:
> On 2/15/2021 4:22 PM, gareth evans wrote:
>> Bought a second hand book, long discharged from the library
>> at AERE Harwell, and there, as a book mark is a job card
>> for a program execution, with the handwritten notes saying that
>> the run time should be under 30 secs and that the Atlas II should
>> be used. User's name was Gill, year - mid 1960s.
>>
>> Ring a bell with anyone?
>>
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> Stan Gill was involved in Ferranti Atlas I and II development.
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> http://curation.cs.manchester.ac.uk/atlas/elearn.cs.man.ac.u k/_atlas/docs/My%20Life%20on%20Atlas%201%20and%202%20final.p df
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> Stan Gill worked on EDSAC with Maurice Wilkes:
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Gill
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> Stan Gill was co-author of perhaps the first program preparation book:
>
> _Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer_,
> Addison-Wesley, 1951, Maurice Wilkes, David Wheeler, and Stanley Gill
>
I have a copy. Another may be seen at TMNOC at Bletchley Park (or at
least could be seen when I visited in 2019.
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> ("Google is your friend... even may offer to sell you any random thing
> that might be related to the topic! ;-( )
>
--brian
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Wellington
New Zealand
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| Re: A Bookmark! [message #405743 is a reply to message #405735] |
Tue, 16 February 2021 12:44 |
Quadibloc
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On Monday, February 15, 2021 at 10:30:40 PM UTC-7, Stoat wrote:
> On 16/02/21 3:31 pm, Charles Richmond wrote:
>> Stan Gill was co-author of perhaps the first program preparation book:
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>> _Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer_,
>> Addison-Wesley, 1951, Maurice Wilkes, David Wheeler, and Stanley Gill
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> I have a copy. Another may be seen at TMNOC at Bletchley Park (or at
> least could be seen when I visited in 2019.
For those unable to make the pilgrimage, I believe it's on Bitsavers.
John Savard
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