#csirac

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CSIRAC, Australia's first digital computer, on display at the Scienceworks museum.

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looks like it's gonna be a ninajirachi summer

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CSIRAC, Australia's first computer (1949)

Museum trip today and this was the one I actually came for. CSIRAC, built 1947 to 1949, ran its first program in 1949 and stayed in service until 1964

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Test print from Friden Flexowriter Add-Punch, 1955-1964. First three lines repeat "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party." The other lines are variations on the word "party". Museums Victoria Collections Item HT 4718

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12 hole paper tape, Tape No. T351 B113 "Fixed/Floating - Inverse", CSIRAC Paper Tape Library, 1955-1864. Museums Victoria Collections Item ST 44794

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