University of Auckland

Historical Computing Book Collection

After 1960

1961
GREUNBERGER, Fred J., MCCRACKEN, Daniel D.
Introduction to Electronic Computers - Problem Solving with the IBM 1620.
John Wiley
1620 assembly language. 1963 edition.
Book Doran collection

 
SMIRNOV G.D.
Electronic Digital Computers
Pergamon Press
A translation from the Russian published in 1958. Uses the BESM "Strela" as example.
Book Industrial Research Ltd

 
National Cash Register
The National 315 Electronic Data Processing System, Internal Operations
NCR
Manual Industrial Research Ltd

 
IBM
IBM 870 manuals.
IBM
Reference manual. Customer Engineering Reference Manual. Field Engineering Reference Msnual.

 
Manual R E Dent
Electronic Engineering Association
Electronic Computer Exhibition and the Electronic Data Processing Symposium
Electronic Engineering Association and Office Appliance and Business Equipment Trades
Guide to the exhibition and conference, Olympia. London, October 1961. Interesting sample of current computers.
Catalogue Doran collection

 
IBM
FORTRAN General Information Manual
IBM
Introduction to the first FORTRAN. 2nd revision, 1961.
Manual R E Dent

 
Monroe
Monro-Matic Monroe IQ Calculator Instructions
Monroe
Manual Industrial Research Ltd

 
1962
DIJKSTRA E.W.
A Primer of Algol 60 Programming
Academic Press
One of the first texts on Algol. Based on a course in April 1961. APIC Studies in Data Processing. No. 2.
Book Industrial Research Ltd

 
General Electric
GE-225 TABSOL Application Manual
General Electric Computer Department
Appears to be a high-level language for decision tables.
Manual Industrial Research Ltd

 
GERMAIN, Clarence B.
Programming the IBM 1620.
Prentice Hall
Text. Third printing 1963.
Book Doran collection

 
HALSTEAD, Maurice H,
Machine-Independent Programming
Spartan
An early text. Programming in Nelliac, a dialect of Algol 58.
Book Doran collection

 
IBM
IBM 1620 manuals.
IBM
IBM 1622 Card Read Punch. IBM 1620 Central Processing Unit, Model 1. IBM 1620 Central Procesing Unit, Model 2.
Manual R E Dent

 
IBM
Set of sales brochures for IBM 1620
IBM
IBM 1620 Data Processing System, The IBM 1620 for Engineering and Science (4 titles)
Brochure R E Dent

 
International Computation Centre
Symbolic Languages in Data Processing
Gordon and Breach
Proceedngs of the Symposium organized and edited by the International Computation Centre, Rome
Book Industrial Research Ltd

 
LEESON, D.N., DIMITRY, Donald L.
Basic Programming Concepts and the IBM 1620 Computer
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Text. FIrst computer at University of Auckland
Book Doran collection

 
Proceedings of the conference held at the National
1961 International Conference on Machine Translation of Languages
Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Vols I and II. Conference held at NPL, Teddington, 5-8th September 1961
Proceedings Industrial Research Ltd

 
1963
GREEN J.S.
KDF 9 Algol programming
English Electric-Leo Computers Ltd
Manual Industrial Research Ltd

 
HOWERTON, Paul W., WEEKS, David C.
Vistas in Information Handling Volume I. The Augmentation of Man's Intellect by Machine
Spartan Books
Collection of articles on AI.
Book Doran collection

 
English Electric
KDF9 Very high speed data processing system for Commerce, Industry, Science
English Electric
Sales booklet
Brochure Doran collection

 
Elliot Brothers
803 Algol
Elliot brothers
Description of Elliot 803 library program A104. First computer in the DSIR.
Manual Industrial Research Ltd

 
ENTWISTLE, Doris R.
Auto-primer in Computer Programming for the IBM 1620 in Fortran
Blaisdell
Text
Book Doran collection

 
1964
IIT Research Institute
Computer Applications 1962
Spartan Books
Proceedings of 1962 Computer Applications Symposium
Book Doran collection

 
BERG, A. I. (Ed.)
Cybernetics at the Service of Communism
Joint Publications Research Service. US Department of Commerce
Translation from the Russian book published 1961 by US Department of Commerce. First printing1962.
Book Industrial Research Ltd

 
1965
REXROAD, William D.
Teletypewriter Fundatmentals Handbook, 2nd edition
Computer Design Publishing Corp.
Second edition 1970. Guide to an important terminal device.
Booklet Industrial Research Ltd

 
CRISMAN P. A. (Ed.)
The Compatible Time-Sharing System, A Programmer's Guide, 2nd Edition
The M.I.T Press, Massachusetts
First edition 1963. Influential early operating system.
Book Industrial Research Ltd

 
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
Information Processing Machines
Iliffe Books
Proceedings of the Symposium Held in Prague, September 7-9, 1964
Book Industrial Research Ltd

 
NEWELL Allen., TONGE Fred M., FEIGENBAUM Edward A., GREEN, Bert F. Jr., 
Information Processing Language-V Manual 2nd Edition
Prentice-Hall
First edition 1961. Influential early list processing language
Book Industrial Research Ltd

 
1966
MOON B. A. M.
Computer Programming for Science and Engineering
Butterworths
First NZ text on programming.
Book Industrial Research Ltd

 
1968
W. D. Scott & Co.
New Zealand Computer Processing
W. D. Scott & Co.
Second annual survey of New Zealand Electronic Data Processing
Book Industrial Research Ltd

 
1969
NAUR, Peter, RANDELL, Brian (Eds.)
Software Engineering
NATO
Report on a conference sponsored by the NATO Science Committee, Garmisch, Germany, 7-11 October 1968
Proceedings Industrial Research Ltd

 
1972
Burroughs
B6700 Handbook
Burroughs. University of Auckland's first large computer.
Vol 1. Hardware. Vol 2. Software
Manual Doran collection

 
Intel
8008 8-bit Parallel Central Processor Unit
Intel
First 8-bit microprocessor
Manual Doran collection

 
Intel
MCS-4 Micro Computer Set Users Manual
Intel
Manual for first microprocessor
Manual Doran collection

 
1975
COX, Brian G.
PL/I Primer forBurroughs B6700
University of Otago Computing Centre
Local introduction to PL/I.
Booklet Industrial Research Ltd

 
1976
Cray Research Inc.
The Cray-1 Computer System
Cray
Brochure Doran collection

 
Undated
IBM
IBM 29 Card Punch reference manual
IBM
Undated. Mid 60s
Manual R E Dent

 
IBM
IBM 77 Collator manual.
IBM
Undated. Missing cover. Looks like early 50s.
Manual

 
ICT
Program Flowcharting Techniques
ICT
A programmed text. Undated. Mid 60s.
Manual Industrial Research Ltd

Before 1956
1956-1960