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Title:
Information about the Automatic Timing Routine (ATR) for the Elliott Brothers 405 computer
Object name(s):
computer programme documentation; computer programme documentation
Brief description:
Folder of information about the Automatic Timing Routine (ATR) for the Elliott Brothers 405 computer, created by David Pentecost in 1961. Contents include: a) Elliott Brothers standard documentation for the Automatic Timing Routine for customers, consisting of 5 pages of programme specification b) Two pages of copies of hand-written programme coding sheets for the Automatic Timing Routine (by David Pentecost) (original master copy of the sheetswould have been filed elsewhere). c) A draft Elliott typed specification for the Automatic Timing Routine d) A blank programme sheet for the 405 e) Three draft versions of the Automatic Timing Routine f) life-size copy of the Elliot 405 flowcharting template g) Sheets relating to testing and timing h) Miscellaneous working papers, handwritten (20 sheets)
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Credit line:
David Pentecost
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
13
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
330
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
8
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
203
Material:
paper (fibre product)
Object name:
computer programme documentation; computer programme documentation
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1961
Date - latest:
1961
Object production person:
Elliott Brothers (London) Limited
Object production place:
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Other number:
2024-717
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
E2024.0079.2
Other number type:
previous number
Responsible department/section:
SCM - Archive

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/37210e10-73df-3881-bc08-bcca7d50c1bd

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/37210e10-73df-3881-bc08-bcca7d50c1bd, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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