I haven't seen this announced here, so for those of you who
don't read alt.folklore.computers, Al Kossow has made available
a scanned copy of the Manual of Operation for the Harvard
Mark I. It's at:
http://www.spies.com/aek/pdf/harvard/MarkI_operMan_1946.pdf
Be forewarned, however, it's big-about 43Meg.
I have a real soft spot for this one. Back in college, I
was wandering the library stacks one day looking for something
interesting. A book caught my eye. It was a black hardbound
book about 2 inches thich with the simple title Manual of
Operation. Of course, my curiosity was piqued; I just had
to take a look. I'd never heard of the Mark I, but I was
absolutly enthralled. I credit that find with much of my
interest in the history of computing.
By the way, anyone know of an emulator for the Mark I?
Brian L. Stuart
Received on Sat Jan 25 2003 - 20:37:00 GMT