Official opening of SILLIAC computer at the University of Sydney Department of Physics
Official opening of SILLIAC computer at the University of Sydney Department of Physics
Official opening of SILLIAC computer at the University of Sydney Department of Physics
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12 Sep 1956
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Australian Photographic Agency - 02175
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Photographs - 12 x 10 cm. - 1 photonegative
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Copyright status : Taken by Australian Photographic Agency for account: News 2518/56. Reproduction for purposes other than private study or research will require permission.
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Official opening of SILLIAC computer at the University of Sydney Department of Physics
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Digital order no:d7_02175
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Blackboard has details and specifications of SILLIAC
SILLIAC was Sydney's second computer: CSIRAC was the first, designed and built by Trevor Pearcy in the CSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory, later the Madsen Building, University of Sydney. After an initial model in the late 1940's, CSIRAC was commissioned in 1951. CSIRO decided to give the computer...
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Presented 1988
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Australian Photographic Agency - 02175
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9BvkZoO9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9BvkZoO9
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72608
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