IFIP TC6 Open Digital Library

Reflections on the History of Computing 2012

Reflections on the History of Computing - Preserving Memories and Sharing Stories

Arthur Tatnall

Springer, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology 387, ISBN: 978-3-642-33898-4



Contents

Australia's WREDAC - ItWas Rocket Science.

John Deane

 1-21

Remembering LEO.

Frank Land

 22-42

A Possible First Use of CAM/CAD.

Norman Sanders

 43-56

Roberto Busa (1913-2011), Pioneer of Computers for the Humanities.

Corrado Bonfanti

 57-61

Micro Programming.

Herman Spanjersberg

 62-68

Experiences and Reflections.

Harold W. Lawson

 69-88

Information Systems Degrees in Australia: The Genesis.

Audra Lukaitis, Stasys Lukaitis, Bill Davey

 89-107

Looking Back.

Martha E. Crosby

 108-114

The Impact of the Y2K Event on the Popularity of the Pick Database Environment.

Stasys Lukaitis

 115-126

Evolution of Computer Science Education in the Purview of Free Education.

S. T. Nandasara

 127-142

Evolution of Computer Education in Spain: From Early Times to the Implementation of the Bologna Agreement.

Ramón Puigjaner

 143-165

The History of Computer Language Selection.

Kevin R. Parker, Bill Davey

 166-179

History of Data Centre Development.

Rihards Balodis, Inara Opmane

 180-203

Early Italian Computing Machines and Their Inventors.

Silvio Henin

 204-230

Computing for the Masses? Constructing a British Culture of Computing in the Home.

Tilly Blyth

 231-242

Reflections on the History of Computer Education in Schools in Victoria.

Arthur Tatnall, Bill Davey

 243-264

From the History of Russian Computer Science.

Yakov I. Fet

 265-288

Hungarian Scientists in Information Technology.

Gyozo Kovács

 289-319

Information Technology in Italy: The Origins and the Early Years (1954 - 1965).

Corrado Bonfanti

 320-347

Institutional Nostalgia - Museum Victoria's Cabinet of Computing Curiosities.

David Demant, Arthur Tatnall

 348-361

The Changing Face of the History of Computing: The Role of Emulation in Protecting Our Digital Heritage.

David Anderson, Janet Delve, Vaughan Powell

 362-384

My Fascination with Computing History.

John Impagliazzo

 385-395