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Further reading □ Preface □ Contents □ Members □ 1 Welcome □ 2 Introduction □ 3 EDSAC □ 4 EDSAC Demo □ 5 Relay Computers □ 6 Discussion □ 7 CRT Storage □ 8 Coding □ 9 Library □ 10 Sign Correction □ 11 Nozzle Flow □ 12 Magnitude □ 13 France □ 14 Checking □ 15 Large Integers □ 16 Discussion Storage □ 17 Magnetic Storage □ 18 Magnetic Recording □ 19 Photographic Store □ 20 EDSAC Auxillary Store □ 21 Circuit Checking □ 22 Circuit Checking □ 23 Addition Circuit □ 24 Trigger Circuits □ 25 Checking □ 26 Discussion □ 27 USA □ 28 Comment □ 29 Holland □ 30 Ficticious Traffic □ 31 Sweden □ 32 Manchester □ 33 Discussion □ 34 Bibliography
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⟶ ACL ⟶ Literature ⟶ Other manuals ⟶ Cambridge Conference 1949 :: High Speed Automatic Calculating-Machines 22-25 June 1949
⟶ ACL ⟶ Literature ⟶ Other manuals ⟶ Cambridge Conference 1949 :: High Speed Automatic Calculating-Machines 22-25 June 1949
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□ Preface
□ Contents
□ Members
□ 1 Welcome
□ 2 Introduction
□ 3 EDSAC
□ 4 EDSAC Demo
□ 5 Relay Computers
□ 6 Discussion
□ 7 CRT Storage
□ 8 Coding
□ 9 Library
□ 10 Sign Correction
□ 11 Nozzle Flow
□ 12 Magnitude
□ 13 France
□ 14 Checking
□ 15 Large Integers
□ 16 Discussion Storage
□ 17 Magnetic Storage
□ 18 Magnetic Recording
□ 19 Photographic Store
□ 20 EDSAC Auxillary Store
□ 21 Circuit Checking
□ 22 Circuit Checking
□ 23 Addition Circuit
□ 24 Trigger Circuits
□ 25 Checking
□ 26 Discussion
□ 27 USA
□ 28 Comment
□ 29 Holland
□ 30 Ficticious Traffic
□ 31 Sweden
□ 32 Manchester
□ 33 Discussion
□ 34 Bibliography

1. Welcome by the Director of the University Mathematical Laboratory: M V Wilkes

Mr. M.V. WILKES welcomed the visitors, and said that the Conference originated in a suggestion made at one of their fortnightly colloquia. On putting out the idea they had been agreeably surprised at the extent of the interest aroused.

Although there had been several U.S. Conferences on Computing Machines this was the first to be held in the United Kingdom, and he was glad to welcome visitors from the U.S.A., France, Germany, Holland and Sweden.

Mr. WILKES then paid a tribute to Charles Babbage who was the pioneer of Calculating machine construction and said that the present generation of calculating machine designers had first to rediscover what had been in Babbage's mind.

He added that the Programme had been arranged on the basis of a mixture of formal lectures and prepared discussions with as much time for informal discussion as possible and finally asked Professor Hartree to give the first lecture.

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