The First Computer in New Zealand

被引：4

作者：

Carpenter, Brian E. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Auckland, Comp Sci, Auckland, New Zealand

来源：

IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING | 2020年 / 42卷 / 02期

关键词：

Education; Government; History; Australia; Machinery; Remuneration; Companies;

D O I：

10.1109/MAHC.2020.2990647

中图分类号：

TP301 [理论、方法];

学科分类号：

081202 ;

摘要：

How quickly did the computer revolution reach the most remote Westernized country? Conventional history holds that the first modern computer in New Zealand-where "modern" means electronic, and with stored programs-was an IBM 650 leased from IBM Australia by the New Zealand Treasury in November 1960, and officially inaugurated in March 1961. This article discusses an alternative hypothesis-that the pioneer was in fact an ICT 1201 ordered in 1959 and installed by the New Zealand Department of Education a few months before the arrival of the IBM 650.

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页码：33 / 41

页数：9