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Re: The Mark I at Harvard First Programmable Computer in the United States aka "Bessie"
From: max mulhern
Date: 2018 Dec 7, 23:07 +0000
From: max mulhern
Date: 2018 Dec 7, 23:07 +0000
Thanks!
De : NavList@fer3.com <NavList@fer3.com> de la part de Ed Popko <NoReply_EdPopko@fer3.com>
Envoyé : vendredi 7 décembre 2018 12:31
À : maxmulhern@hotmail.com
Objet : [NavList] Re: The Mark I at Harvard First Programmable Computer in the United States aka "Bessie"
Envoyé : vendredi 7 décembre 2018 12:31
À : maxmulhern@hotmail.com
Objet : [NavList] Re: The Mark I at Harvard First Programmable Computer in the United States aka "Bessie"
Max,
I can't say about this particular computer but shortly after this computer's time, IBM was contracted to produce the Nautical Almanac and HO229 references.
These publications may be the first instances of automatic type-setting.
Ed
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