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Box 606733913

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Contains 8 Results:

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'Polynomial Operations', Sep-Oct 1961

Miscellaneous bundles of notes, calculations and narrative. These are almost entirely mathematical, one set being headed 'EMI 2400. Restricted Rational Fractions and Integers'.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 267/C.128
Extents: 1 file
Dates: Sep-Oct 1961
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Notes, calculations and printouts, 1961-1962

Included with one bundle is a letter from Strachey to N. Brown (E.M.I.) October 1961: 'here are the machine language functions and the LISP functions for performing arithmetic on rational fractions'.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 267/C.129
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1961-1962
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EMIDEC 2400, Oct-Nov 1961

Copy of the official Design Specification for the EMIDEC 2400 computer, compiled by N. Brown, October 1961, and approved by C. Dain, November 1961. On the cover and title page the 2 and 00 are crossed out in the model number.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 267/C.130
Extents: 1 file
Dates: Oct-Nov 1961
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Miscellaneous narratives and notes, Mar-Apr 1962

Miscellaneous narratives and notes on various topics, e.g. time-sharing, control strings, evaluation, etc.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 267/C.131
Extents: 1 file
Dates: Mar-Apr 1962
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Draft manual or description for a LISP language, 1962-1973

Tagged folder of notes (various dates May-July 1962), with separate bundles and loose pages of notes (various dates October 1961-October 1962) all kept together, with a note by Strachey added. c.1973: 'LISP-like system. Probably for EMIDEC 2400?'.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 267/C.132
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1962-1973
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'Subroutines written for the LISP System', n.d.

Six-page typescript note 'Subroutines written for the LISP System', beginning 'In order that programming effort among those interested in the Strachey Lisp system may be coordinated...' (not by Strachey).
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 267/C.133
Extents: 1 file
Dates: n.d.
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'L.B. for Pegasus etc', Sep 1960-Feb 1961

Folder of notes and calculations. An attempt to test Basic Language (BL) programs on other computers, including Pegasus, Orion, and Edsac II.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 267/C.134
Extents: 1 file
Dates: Sep 1960-Feb 1961
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'LISP Progs.', n.d.

Five bundles of undated notes: 'Basic Language Structure' (B.L. sometimes L.B.) 'B-List C-List' 'List Program' 'General form of writing List programs' 'Define Macro'
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 267/C.135
Extents: 1 file
Dates: n.d.