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ICF Closing Ceremony

On Friday 30 March 1990, people who had worked on ICF were invited to the closure of the final ICF Multi User Mini, the Prime 9955 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. It would be switched off by Professor Alistaire MacFarlane (now Principal at Heriot Watt University). The programme was:

12.30

Sherry

13.00

Welcome by Dr T G Walker, Deputy Director of RAL, followed by a buffet lunch

14.15

Short talks by people involved in the ICF since 1976:

Dr G Manning
Prof H Rosenbrock
Prime Computer UK
Mr P G Davey ( a video message)

15.00

Talk by Prof A MacFarlane who would formally switch off the last ICF Prime machine after his talk

Ken Robinson, Bob Hopgood, Eric Thomas, Jim Hailstone, Cliff Pavelin, Pat Athawes, Geoff Manning, Alistair McFarlane, Howard Rosenbrock,Mike Jane, Jed Brown, Paul Bryant