Canberra hosts 900 in Canberra for 80 papers on computers
Delegates gather at the Canberra Theatre Centre and Albert Hall for a five day computer conference opening this morning with Minister for Defence Fairhall officiating. Sir Leonard Hussey chairs the opening session as speakers from Raytheon, Control Data, IBM and UNC discuss applications, design, programming, and social implications.
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Canberra Theatre Centre
Albert Hall
Defence
Fairchird
Anccac
Livurence Cohen
Fairhall
Leonard Hussey
Canberra Rex Hotel
Aber
Frederick White
CSIRO
Edwin Hicks
Department of Defence
Robert M. Gordon
Raytheon Computer
USA
Gordon
James Thornton
Control Data Corporation
Thornton
F. B. Brooks
University of North Carolina
IBM
Information Science
K. E. Tyerson
Canberra Leads Nation in Computer Network Plan
Canberra hosts the largest Australian computer complex at the Bureau of Census and Statistics with a CDC 3600 and a CDC 3200, part of a proposed nationwide link. About 300 programmers support 20 CSIRO stations and government data processing across Health, Customs, Treasury, and national statistics.
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Canberra
Australian National University
Bureau of Census and Statistics
CSIRO
Department of Defence
Salisbury Weapons Research Establishment
South Australia
PMG
Sydney
Adelaide University
Weather Bureau
Melbourne
BHP
ANU
Commonwealth Actuary
Department of the Interior
Australia
Control Data Corporation
CDC
Bureau
Kingston
Elaide
Brisbane
Perth
Departments of Health and Customs
The
Treasury
IPEC
General Electric
Phoenix
Arizona
Capital's only poker machine on show
The exhibition running with the third Australian Computer Conference opens to the public from noon to 5 pm daily until Friday. Organiser W B Austin notes it marks Australia’s first public computer exhibition, with a poker machine demo by EAI returning 89.3 percent to players and a running investment payoff. The event also features long distance data transmissions, links to Phoenix, Cedar Rapids, Perth, and Melbourne, and displays from IBM, Honeywell, Digital Equipment, Control Data, ICT, and others.
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Spm
W. B. Austin
Australia
Melbourne
Canberra
Austin
Australian Post Office
Collins Radio
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Pan-American World Airways
Perth
Digital Equipment
Albert Hall
University of Western Australia
ICT
IBM
Honeywell
Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia
Australian Computers Pty Ltd
Australian General Electic Pty Ltd
Bendix-Tecnico Pty
Collins Radio Co
Australasia
Control Data Australia Pty
Crosby Sensitizing_ Pty Ltd
Digital Equipment Australia Pty Ltd
EAI Electronic Associates Pty
Electronic Computers
Business Equipment _ Pty Ltd
Elliott Automation (Pty) Ltd
Friden Pty
Honeywell Pty
IBM Australia Pty
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K. FE. Grainger
Commonwealth Public Service Board
Keith Archer
Commonwealth Statistician
Grainger
PSA
Maurice G. Kendall
CETR
Premaitre
International Statistical Institute
Air Force
Navy
Clunies Ross Road
Capital
EAI Electronic Associates
Control Data
Control
PMG Research Laboratories
Leonard Hunley
Sir Frederick White
Addo
Remington
Rremington
Remington Rand
Adelaide
Launceston
Hobar
Porth
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