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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 16, 1966
Page
5
A historical excerpt outlines how computers interpret simple operations, the role of the programmer in simplifying complex problems, and the process from problem definition to machine language. It compares computational steps to medical planning and emphasizes flow charts, debugging, and high level languages like Fortran, Col, and Algol.
An archival listing lists conference sessions across multiple days with topics in numeral methods systems design data acquisition and computational applications. It includes hardware access remote systems simulation supervision and machine learning topics plus sessions on programming languages and system optimization.
A brief note describes binary mathematics using only two digits O and 1, contrasting it with standard decimal math. The text references the place value system where the rightmost digit represents units, followed by tens, hundreds, and higher orders as digits shift left.
A fragment explains a column based numeric system where each column represents nine times the value of the next. It shows examples like 00001 for 1 and 1000%0 for 2, with 0 meaning zero. The text notes the process to express numbers such as 77 by breaking it into sums of column values.
Burroughs introduces the B 2500 and B 3500 systems offering high speed, power, and efficiency with Master Control Program automation. They feature ultra fast memory, monolithic circuitry, and versatile interfaces for cards, tapes, MICR, and disks.
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