Identity area
Reference code
Wilkes/I/K/4
Unique identifier
GB 275 Wilkes/I/K/4
Title
Technical notes on miscellaneous computing subjects
Date(s)
- 1981–1994 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
88pp. paper
Context area
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Repository
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes comments on a draft monograph by Donald Michie, 1994; Titan instruction Set, 1984 and undated; developments in computer design; 'Back to the dark ages'; the ACRITH method for solving linear equations, 1985; J. H. Saltzer, 'Comments on the Standard Ethernet', 1980; 'Research in the computer industry', 1986; 'Simulated shared memory', 1986; 'Hoop-la', 1981; 'Logic with light valves', 1986 (annotated 'This is pure science fiction'); 'Optical computing', 1986 (annotated 'The true optical computer is years away'); cartoon 'Dicky Dec and the Micros', drawn for Gordon Bell.