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Australia's first digital computer
CSIRAC, originally known as CSIR Mk 1, was Australia's first digital computer, and is the fifth stored-program computer in the world. It is the oldest surviving first-generation electronic computer (the Zuse Z4 at the Deutsches Museum is older, but was electro-mechanical, not electronic). It was the first computer to play digital music. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: CSIRACA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: CSIRACThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Computer Sound Synthesis in 1951: The Music of CSIRACCited 30 times
- Go sideways: Trevor PearceyA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Scienceworks (Melbourne)A closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Computer Sound Synthesis in 1951: The Music of CSIRAC
The Genesis of an Early Stored-Program Computer: CSIRAC
Trevor Pearcey and the Development of CSIRAC—An Australian First-Generation Computer
Pioneering of numerical weather prediction in Australia: Dick Jenssen, Uwe Radok and CSIRAC
Paul Doornbusch: The Music of CSIRAC: Australia's First Computer Music
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕CSIRACJohn Deane · 1997
The Music of CSIRACPaul Doornbusch · 2005
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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