Knuth Digital Archive Project

Contribution One

Randall Neff, Ph.D.

May 4, 2007

Table of Contents

Introduction

Scanning Notes

Document Descriptions and Processing Notes

1. Batch 1 -- July, 2005

2. Batch 2 -- July, 2005

3. Batch 3 -- July – August 2005

4. Batch 4 -- August – Sept 2005

5. Batch 5 -- October 2005 – February 2006

6. Batch 6 -- February – March 2006

7. Batch 7 -- April 2006

8. Batch 8 -- April – June 2006

9. Batch 9 -- September 2006 – April 2007

Processing Batch List

Document Number List

Title List

Author List

Computer List

Year List

Storage Box List

Introduction

The Knuth Digital Archive Project was started in June 2005 as an informal project between Dr. Donald Knuth, Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming at Stanford University and Fellow of The Computer Museum, and a volunteer from the Computer History Museum, namely me. This project was organized and overseen by Dr. Bernard Peuto, Trustee of the Computer History Museum. The project was discussed with Dr. Len Shustek, Chairman of the Board of the Computer History Museum. Paul McJones provided advice and feedback.

The goal was to digitize a large percentage of the documents in Dr. Knuth's personal collection, focusing on his writings and other computer history material. This was designed as a pilot project to develop experience on scanning loaned documents so that we can predict resource requirements for other collections.

Since the project is now approaching its two year mark, I felt that it was time to collect and organize all of the work to date into the First Contribution Compilation and formally submit it to the Computer History Museum.

Dr. Knuth has an organizational system where all documents have letter-number identifier attached, and the documents are stored in boxes by topic. These identifiers are used throughout this collection. There are 106 identified documents, but each may have multiple parts, or an attached letter or notes. The documents range from reference cards to letters to manuals to computer listings. The oldest dated document is 1923.

There is an index html file in the top level directory that describes the documents and links to the pdf files. The TIFF files created by scanning were assembled into pdf image files.

I have provided sorted lists by document identifier, title, first author, computer, year, and storage box label.

Randall Neff, Ph.D.

May 4, 2007

Scanning Notes

Scanners:

1. Plustek OpticBook 3600 that I own, it can scan about 9 by 12 inches. The unique feature is that it can scan within 3 millimeters of the edge of the scanner, allowing flat scans of bound pages, CHM has since purchased one.

2. Epson 10000XL, two are owned by CHM. It can scan about 12 by 18 inches which is required for scanning computer listings and blueprints.

Scanning Formats:

1. Black and white text and images: 400 dpi, one bit, stored in a TIFF file with lossless Group 4 fax compression.

2. Grayscale:text and images, handwritten notes: 400 dpi, 8 bits, stored in a TIFF file with no compression.

3. Color images: 400 dpi, 24 bits, stored in a TIFF file with no compression.

Document Assembly, using Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional

1. TIFF image files were assembled in correct order into pdf files

2. No OCR was attempted.

3. Rotated text blocks (from misaligned copying) were not corrected.

4. Page image choices (in order):

   1. One bit TIFF file

   2. One bit TIFF file with grayscale image or handwritten note image stamped on top.

   3. Grayscale TIFF file

   4. Color TIFF file

5. Generally, the “reduce file size” function was run on the pdf file before saving it.

6. Some blueprints were scanned in sections and pieced together with an image editor.

Batch 1 (July 1, 2005 – July 8, 2005)

C 1051 Box: Compilers 2

Digitek Corporation, FORTRAN Compiler for the Daystrom 636

1963

Handwritten annotations by D. E. K. in pencil

161 pages black and white, rescanned

46 pages grayscale

Scanned: July 1, 2005

Pages scanned at 14.00 inches by 11.00 inches.

C 1063.6 Box: Opsystems 1

Source code of THE Operating System

C. Bron, E. W. Dijkstra et al.

1966

Annotations by E. W. Djikstra in dark pen.

254 pages

Scanned: July 6, 2005

This was a very difficult scan because the listing was still bound, and heavy.

Pages were scanned at 16.00 by 11.00 inches

U 2196 Box: Compilers 3

Burroughs Balgol 220 compiler listing

J. Erdwinn, J. N. Merner, et al

1962

Annotations by D. E. K.

267 pages

Scanned: July 3, 2005

Listing was unbound by removing two staples.

Pages were scanned at 11 inches by 8.5 inches.

Batch 2 (July 11 – July 24, 2005)

C1019.1 Box: Assemblers 1

C1019.2

QADAAD

Quick and Dirty Assembler and Documenter

by D. E. Knuth.

1962

C1019.1 had 134 pages.

C1019.2 had 37 pages.

This program was described in “Computer-Drawn Flowcharts”, CACM 6 (1963) p 555-563; reprinted in Selected Papers on Computer Languages, p 471-493

Scanned: July 11-12, 2005

Two burst line printer listings on paper with

“Remington Rand Univac” logo in left sprocket holes.

Removed two brads on each listing.

Pages were scanned at 14.00 inches by 11.00 inches,

C1037 Box: Assemblers 1

EASY - Elegant Assembler SYstem

by D. E. Knuth.

July 4, 1960

C1038 Box: Assemblers 1

MEASY - More Elegant Assembler SYstem

by D. E. Knuth.

Aug 24, 1960

Two assemblers for the Burroughs 205.

C1037 had 10 pages

C1038 had 6 pages

Scanned: July 11-12, 2005

Two unburst line printer listings

Pages were scanned at 10.85 inches by 13.50 inches,

C1039 Box: Compilers 2

ALGOL 60 Compiler for Burroughs 205

by D. E. Knuth.

1960-1961

Handwritten draft of Algol 60 compilers for Burroughs 205

81 pages.

Scanned: July 11-12, 2005

Burst line printer paper. Removed two brads.

Pages were scanned at 14.00 inches by 11.00 inches,

U2435 Box: Compilers 7

Burroughs Algebraic Compiler for the 205

Documentation

by Don Knuth

7/8/66

1. The Elegant Assembly System for the 205 (“EASY”), Don Knuth, Case Computing Center, June 30, 1960, 8 pages.

2. “MEASY” Modified EASY Assembly System for the Burroughs 205, or “More Elegant Assembly System Yet”. Don Knuth, Case Institute of Tech, 24 Aug 1960. 8 pages.

3. The Internals of ALGOL 205, text and flowcharts mimeographed. 29 pages

4. Listing of Burroughs Algebraic Compiler for the 205, Jan 20, 1961. Line printer paper, 65 pages

Scanned July 19-21, 2005

Brown cardboard cover with two prong metal U-shaped binding. Mimeograph paper and line printer paper.

Pages were scanned at 8.5 inches by 11.00 inches

U2490 Box: Compilers 7

Data Structures in Digitek's FORTRAN IV

Compiler for the SDS 900 Series

(SDS 910-920-930-940)

by Robert W. Floyd

7/8/66

8 pages, mimeographed in purple, text and diagrams.

Notes for a class analyzing the Digitek compiler.

Scanned July 19-20, 2005

Mimeograph purple text and diagrams on 8 pages, stapled.

Pages were scanned at 8.5 inches by 11.00 inches

Batch 3 (July 27 – Aug 19, 2005)

C1028 Box: Compilers 1

RUNCIBLE

(Program for the IBM 650)

September, 1959

by Donald E. Knuth and William C. Lynch

From first lines: “Super Soap Form

Uses Indexing Registers and Immediate Access Storage”.

Handwritten on the back of the first page: “Runcible Dec 1, 1959”

This was his first publication: “RUNCIBLE – Algebraic Translation on a Limited Computer” CACM 2, 11 (November, 1959) 18-21 and reprinted in Selected Papers on Computer Languages, pages 457-469.

44 pages.

Scanned July 27, 2005

Unburst line printer paper, returned burst with 3 brads in left sprocket holes, as requested.

Pages were scanned at 13.49 inches by 11.00 inches.

C1033 Box: Compilers 1

Compiler III and Soap III

(Programs for the IBM 650)

June 12, 1958

by Donald Knuth

page 1: cover page with large marker titles

pages 2 – 42 COMPILER III -- Case Institute of Technology, June 10, 1958

pages 43 – 66 SOAP III -- Symbolic Optimum Assembly Program for the IBM 650, Data Processing Center, March 8, 1958

page 67 blank back cover page (not scanned)

66 pages.

Scanned July 27, 2005

Line printer paper burst, with 3 brads in left sprocket holes.

Cover and back cover page are green stripe paper,

Listing pages are white with black lines every two text lines.

Pages were scanned at 13.49 inches by 11.00 inches.

C1034 Box: Compilers 1

DRUNCIBLE

(Program for the IBM 650)

9/8/ 1959

by Donald Knuth

Demo RUNCIBLE

Line printer listing with lots of handwritten notes by D. E. K.

14 pages

Scanned July 27, 2005

Unburst line printer paper, returned burst with 3 brads in left sprocket holes, as requested.

Pages were scanned at 14.00 inches by 11.00 inches.

U2252 Box: Hardware 3

Burroughs 205 Handbook central computer

first printing March, 1956

revised February, 1958

Burroughs 205 Operation Code Card

Handwritten notes by D. E. K.

38 pages including front and back cover.

2 scans for operation card

Scanned July 27, 2005

Stapled manual, removed staples.

Operations card: 3.5 in by 9 in, medium gray green.

U2774 Box: Compilers 8

Whirlwind Algebraic Interpreter

3/1953 by J. H. Laning, Jr.

Instrumentation Laboratory

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Handwritten notes by D. E. K.

12 Aug 76 – 14 Aug 76

This is a hand-coded machine language program written for the Whirlwind computer in 1953. It implements the algebraic interpreter of Laning-Zierler.

Scanned July 27, 2005

Pages stapled at top left..

Program pages were scanned at 8.49 inches by 11.00 inches, 20 pages.

Note pages were scanned at 13.81 inchesby 8.39 inches, 4 pages

U2798 Box: History 2

Outline of talk for Jacks Hall Dedication

(June 20, 1980)

by Donald Knuth

Handwritten outline.(2 pages)

Copies of letters letters from George E. Forsythe, Allen Newell, Alan J. Perlis, Hebert A. Simon, A. Wayne Wymere, memos, press release from 1960 to 1967 (15 pages)

Handwritten notes (3 pages)

Printed presentation handout

Scanned July 27, 2005

Papers stapled at top, handout inserted.

Pages were scanned at 8.49 inches by 11.00 inches

The Event program handout was 16.00 inches by 6.00 inches, folded into 4 pages, plus insert 4.00 inches by 6.00 inches.

Batch 4 (Aug 26 – Sept 20, 2005)

C1001 Box: Compilers 1

COSYN (listing 1)

COSYN (listing 2)

COSYN (listing 3)

first Syntax Directed Compiler by E. T. Irons

1/13/61

Three listings on line printer paper, 128, 26, 5 pages.

Scanned Sept 2, 2005

Listings were burst, by direction..

C1001: listing 1: 14.00 inches by 11.00 inches, offset .5 inch at right to remove sprocket holes. 128 pages, 6 grayscale pages, 2 blank pages.

Listing 2: 14.00 inches by 9.25 inches, scanned sideways, 26 pages, first page is blank.

Listing 3: 14.00 by 11.00, 5 pages, 1 grayscale page

C1005 Box: Compilers 1

SELL Compiler Listing

D. E. Knuth,

Mar. 5, 1967

Sales Engineer's Little Language

for a small Burroughs business computer, never delivered.

114 pages

Scanned Sept 2, 2005

14 inches by 11 inches with .5 inch offset at right to remove sprocket holes. 114 pages, 6 grayscale pages

C1006 Box: Chap 1 1

MIX Assembly Program

D. E. Knuth,

Mar. 17, 1965

MIX Assembly Program, test deck, and loading routine, written in MIXAL.

42 pages

Scanned Sept 2, 2005

4 inches by 11 inches with ..375 inch offset at right to remove sprocket holes. 42 pages, 7 grayscale pages

C1007 Box: Compilers 1

THREETRAN Algebraic Interpreter

D. E. Knuth,

March 21, 1965

MIX code for examples for Volume 7 of Art ....

28 pages

Scanned Aug 26, 2005

4.00 inches by 11.00 inches, offset to remove sprocket holes, 28 pages, 6 grayscale pages. Last page was stapled, test program.

C1008 Box: Compilers 1

THREETRAN Compiler

D. E. Knuth,

March 23, 1965

MIX code for examples for Volume 7 of Art ....

70 pages

Scanned Aug 26, 2005

14.00 inches by 11.00 inches, offset to remove sprocket holes, 70 pages, 1 grayscale page. 3 blank pages. “ptestprogram001” is test program from C1007, repeated here

U2087 Box: Languages 1

Preliminary Specification of “SELL”

D. E. Knuth,

Oct 30, 1966

Sales Engineer's Little Language

for a small Burroughs business computer, never delivered.

41 pages

Scanned Sept 9, 2005

8.5 inches by 11.00 inches, 41 pages, 12 grayscale pages

U2105 Box: Compilers 3

Maintenance Manual for Psyco, Part 1

Princeton Syntax Compiler

by Edgar T. Irons

January, 1961

Staple bound manual

Scanned Sept 15, 2005

102 pages

U2780 Box: Hardware 4

Ferranti Mark I Programming Manual

first edition –

A. M. Turing,

1950

included paper: “Computer Development at Manchester University”, by S. H. Lavington, about 1975: 10 pages.

Note: The Ferranti Mark I was the production version of the Manchester Electronic Computer Mark II

Xeroxed by S. H. Lavington in July 1976.

Programming Manual: 115 pages

paper 10 pages

Scanned Aug 26, 2005

paper: 8.25 inches by 11.66 inches, 10 pages

Programming Manual: 13 inches by 7.5 inches, with .5 inch offset at top to remove square binding holes. 115 pages

U2781 Box: Hardware 4

Ferranti Mark I Programming Manual

second edition –

R. A. Brooker,

Oct 1952

Note: The Ferranti Mark I was the production version of the Manchester Electronic Computer Mark II

Xeroxed by S. H. Lavington in July 1976.

251 pages

Scanned Aug 31, 2005

13 inches by 7.75 inches, with .25 inch offset at top to remove square binding holes. 251 pages.

Batch 5 (Oct 16, 2005 – Feb 16, 2006)

U2184 Box: Hardware 2

Bunker-Ramo Corporation

340 System Manual

June 1964

Scanned Oct 28, 2005

Spine stapled, with 3 hole punch.

Pages were scanned as double pages, spread open at 17.00 inches by 11.00 inches

System Manual: 42 double pages plus cover

U2185 Box: Hardware 2

Bunker-Ramo Corporation

340 Programming Manual

June 1964

Scanned Oct 28, 2005

Spine stapled, with 3 hole punch.

Pages were scanned as double pages, spread open at 17.00 inches by 11.00 inches

39 double pages plus cover.

U2241 Box: Compilers 6

Systems Programming Corporation

Bunker-Ramo 344

Fortran Listing

Sept 1 1964

Letter to D. E. Knuth, from Dick Mailander, Sept 21, 1964

Scanned Oct 16, 2005

Letter plus 68 pages of listing, all 8.5 by 11 inches.

U2274 Box: Compilers 6

Corrado Böhm Patent Application

1 Ottobre 1952

U2274 converted to two pdf files, original & translation

Scanned Oct 16, 2005

U2274 original 8.25 inch by 11.6 inch, 30 pages

U2274 translation, 8.5 by 11.0 inches, 24 pages

U2411 Box: Compilers 7

On the Composition for Programs for Automatic Computing

Naval Ordnance Lab Memo 9805 NOLM9805

by Haskell B. Curry 26 Jan 1949

A Program Composition Technique as Applied to Inverse Interpolation

Naval Ordnance Lab Memo 10337 NOLM10337

by Haskell B. Curry 29 March 1950

Scanned Oct 29, 2005 and Nov 4, 2005

Pages stapled at top left as a single document.

Pages were scanned at 8.49 inches by 11.00 inches, 3396 by 4401 pixels.

NOLM9805 51 pages, missing page 5

NOLM10337 101 pages.

U2439 Box: Compilers 7

Peter Naur's Compiler Documentation

Gier Algol Translator

General Pass Mechanism

3 May 1962

Scanned Oct 10, 2005

39 pages

8.25 by 11.6 inches purple memograph

U2456 Box: Compilers 7

Automatische Rechenplanfortigung bei Programingesteurten Rechenmaschinen

von Heinz Rutishauser

1961

Original German and English translation:

Scanned Oct 16, 2005

U 2456 Original German:

Spine stapled booklet 6.25 by 9 inches, scanned double pages spread out.

26 double page images

U 2456 Translation:

8.5 by 11.0

54 pages

U2488 Box: Compilers 7

Corrado Böhm Correspondence

March 22, 1966

Scanned Oct 16, 2005

U2488 five documents, 8.25 by 11.6, 8.5 by 11.0 19 pages total,

Batch 6 (Feb 20, 2006 – March 20, 2006)

R11 Box: File Cabinet

Univac Solid State Computer: Fortran II

Preliminary Specifications

by D. E. Knuth

Oct 3, 1962

Scanned March 10, 2006

86 pages, 8.5 by 11.00 double sided

R12 Box: File Cabinet

Univac Solid State Computer: Fortran II

QADAAD Assembler

by D. E. Knuth and Bill Lynch

August, 1962

Scanned March 10, 2006

17 pages 8.5 by 11 in Red Binder

R13 Box: File Cabinet

Univac Solid State Computer: Fortran II

Technical Ref Block Chart

by D. E. Knuth

1963

Scanned March 10, 2006

36 pages, 8.5 by 11 in Red Binder

R17a Box: File Cabinet

Univac Solid State Computer: Fortran II

Example code handout

by D. E. Knuth

February 8, 1963

15 pages, 8.5 by 11

R17b Box: File Cabinet

Univac Solid State Computer: Fortran II

Example code handout

by D. E. Knuth

December 1964

Scanned March 10, 2006

12 pages, 8.5 by 11

C1017 Box: Compilers 1

Univac Solid State Computer: Fortran II

Pass 1: code and flowchart

by D. E. Knuth

1962

Scanned Feb 20, 2006

C1017 – FORTRAN II pass 1, code and flowcharts.

180 pages, 14.25 by 11.00, scanned at 13.30 by11.00

very thin white line printer paper (part of carbon copy?)

-- Test program and result, 23 pages line printer paper

-- Reserved word list, 3 pages line printer paper

-- letter to Mr. Dennis Hamilton from Joseph Speroni, Dec 10, 1962, 2 pages 8.5 by 11.00

C1018 Box: Compilers 1

Univac Solid State Computer: Fortran II

Pass 2: flowchart

by D. E. Knuth and Bill Lynch

1962

Scanned Feb 20, 2006

82 pages, scanned at 14.00 by 11.00

U2111 Box: Design 1

Burroughs: Preliminary Design Business Data Processor

D. E. Knuth

April 15, 1963

Burroughs memo.

Scanned March 10, 2006

23 pages, 8.5 by 11, mimeograph

U2115 Box: Design 1

Burroughs: New Concept for a Computer

D. E. Knuth

1961

Burroughs memo.

Scanned March 10, 2006

3 pages, 8.5 by 11, mimeograph

U2810 Box: Documentation 1

BLAISE: A Preprocessor for Pascal

D. E. Knuth

March 1979

Scanned March 10, 2006

6 pages, 8.5 by 11

Batch 7 ( April 7-14, 2006 )

U 2300.1 Box: Languages 5

Cambridge Lectures on Automatic Coding of an Electronic Computer

Dec 14, 1952

A. E. Glennie

Lecture was delivered at University of Cambridge in mid Feb 1953

Manchester Computer

Scanned April 10, 2006

8.25 by 11.75, 15 pages

U 2300.2 Box: Languages 5

Cambridge Lectures on Automatic Coding of an Electronic Computer

Dec 14, 1952

A. E. Glennie

Lecture was delivered at University of Cambridge in mid Feb 1953

Manchester Computer

Scanned April 10, 2006

8. by 11.75, 18 pages

U 2310 Box: Languages 5

Preliminary Manual for MATH-MATIC and ARITH-MATIC Systems

for ALGEBRAIC TRANSLATION and COMPLILATION

for UNIVAC I and II

19 April, 1957

R. Ash

E. Broadwin

V. Della Valle

N. Greene

A. Jenny

C. Katz

L. Yu

Automatic Programming Development

REMINGTON RAND UNIVAC

8.5 by 11.0 inches

127 pages

Scanned April 10, 2006

What is MATH-MATIC Pseudo-code

no author, no date

first page is number 3

very faint printing in some spots

8.5 by 11.0 inches

10 pages

Scanned April 10, 2006

U 2323 Box: Languages 5

Fortuncible

G. E. Haynam

April 1960

Case Institute,

IBM 650

Scanned April 7, 2006

8.5 by 11, plastic spine 79 pages

U 2469 Box: Languages 6

Algebraic Foundation of Flow Diagrams

Edward A. Voorhees

June 20, 1957

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

IBM 704 ?

8.5 by 11, 12 pages

Scanned April 11, 2006

U 2470 Box: Languages 6

ALGAE I compiler for IBM 704

Edward A. Voorhees

Glenn L. Carter

Jeanne Hudgins

Chester S. Kazek

Karl G. Balke

May 26, 1958, revised July 21, 1958

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

IBM 704

Scanned April 11, 2006

8.5 by 11, 33 pages

U 2763 Box: Languages 6

Preliminary Report

Specifications for

The IBM Mathematical FORmula TRANSlating System, FORTRAN

J. W. Backus, et al.

Nov 10, 1954

Programming Research Group

Applied Science Division

International Business Machines Corporation

IBM 704

Scanned April 10, 2006

8.5 by 11, 30 pages

U 2764 Box: Languages 6

Purdue Compiler

General Description

Sylvia Orgel

July, 1958

Purdue Research Foundation

Datatron Computer

8.5 by 11, 38 pages

Scanned April 11, 2006

U2793 Box: Languages 6

ABC Automatic Coding System – AB C.

Miss J. Elliott

A. E. Glennie

June 2, 1958

Atomic Weapons Research Establishment

IBM 704

Letter to D.E.K. from Alick E. Glennie, 29th July 1976 on Atomic Weapons Research Establishment letterhead. 1 page

Handwritten page by D. E. K. with code example, 13 March 2003, 1 page

Report: 8.25 by 11.75, 68 pages

Scanned April 10, 2006

U2794 Box: Languages 6

Manual for the S2 Language

Joan Knock

Mary U. Thomas

August 1964, reprinted April 1967

Atomic Weapons Research Establishment

IBM 7030 (Stretch)

8.5 by 11.75,

75 pages

Scanned April 7, 2006

Batch 8 History Box 2

(April – June 2006)

U2593.1 Box: History 2
U2593.2 [continuation]

First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC
John von Neumann
June 30, 1945

U2593.1 8.5 " by 11", 48 page scans
Handwritten notes by DEK on title page
U2593.2 8.5 " by 11", 59 page scans
Handwritten notes by DEK on last page
Scanned April 19, 2006

U2600 Box: History 2

The Use of High-Speed Vacuum Tubes Devices for Calculating

J. W. Mauchly
Reproduction of Memo, August, 1942, Appendix A
3 pages
Scanned April 23, 2006

U2614.1 Box: History 2
Application of Analyzer to A Set of Equations for External Ballistics

by J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly
Reproduction of Memo, August 1942, Appendix C
5 pages
Scanned April 23, 2006

U2614.2 Box: History 2

Description of Units Composing Analyzer

by J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly
Reproduction of Memo, August 1942, Appendix E
12 pages
Scanned April 23, 2006

U2647 Box: History 2

The Application of Large Scale Electronic Digital Computers to Accounting Problems

by Arthur W. Burks
October 20, 1949
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
24 pages
Scanned April 23, 2006

U2679 Box: History 2

Stanford University Computer Center Dedication

August 9, 1963
21 pages, two color covers
Scanned April 23, 2006

U2698 Box: History 2

Study and Evaluation of the Status of University Programs in the United States in Computers, Data-Processing and Related Fields
Including Recommendations to Stanford University on their Potential Role in these Fields.

by Louis Fein
October, 1957
31 pages, first page is light green
Scanned April 23, 2006

U2736 Box: History 2

Automatic High Speed Computing: A Progress Report on the EDVAC

by J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchley
Sep 30, 1945
22 pages, gray scale scan
Scanned April 23, 2006

U2741.1 Box: History 2

First List of Definition of the Definitions Subcommittee, IRE Electronic Computers Committee
Institute of Radio Engineers, Inc.

October, 1948
21 pages
Scanned April 23, 2006

U2741-2 Box: History 2

Report to ACM: First Glossary of Programming Terminology

Grace Murray Hopper, Chairman
June 1954
27 pages
Scanned April 27, 2006

U2747 Box: History 2

John von Neumann and the National Accounting Machine

by John Todd

Cal Tech
stamped "Feb 5 Recd" [1971]
Handwritten note to DEK from J.T.
9 pages
Scanned April 27, 2006

U2749 Box: History 2

Honeywell, Inc. vs Sperry Rand Corporation and Illinois Scientific Developments, Inc.
Exhibits of Affidavit of Arthur W. Burks

Feb 1972
94 pages
Scanned April 27, 2006

U2770 Box: History 2

The Computer Born in a Tavern

by W. David Gardner

The Washington Post Outlook page B1, B2
Sunday, January 13, 1974
1 page 8.5" by 11"
1 page 17" by 11" in two scans
Scanned May 4, 2006

U2772 Box: History 2

Who Invented the General-Purpose Electronic Computer?

Arthur W. Burks

Transcription of talk at U of Michigan, April 2, 1974
25 pages (last page is dated 8/10/77)
Commentary on ENIAC film
Arthur W. Burks
6 pages (last page is dated 7/20/77)
Scanned May 4, 2006

U2775 Box: History 2

Letter from John W. Mauchly to DEK,

Disclosure of Magnetic Calculating Machine

June 22, 1978

2 pages
Copy of clipping from Creative Computing, letter from Ernest J. Tursich
1 page
Copy of Disclosure of Magnetic Calculating Machine
by  J. Presper Eckert, Jr. January 29, 1944
witnessed by J. W. Mauchly Jan 29, 44
3 pages
Scanned May 4, 2006

U2776 Box: History 2

Collection of copies of letters and articles by Robert W. Bemer

Scanned May 4, 2006, 37 pages total

1. Stanford letter to Bob Bemer from DEK, July 22, 1983, "thanks", with handwritten comments about fonts, back to DEK, 1 page;

2. Bob Bemer Software, Inc.letter to DEK from RWB, 1983 July 16, 2 pages, listing enclosures

3. New Yorker interview with RWB, January 5, 1957, 1 page.

4. Cover and letter page from Scientific American, Jan 1967, 2 pages, letter from RWB, about timesharing and his paper Dec 1958, in Eastern Joint Computer Conference

5. Letter to George R Trimble, Jr, from RWB, 1968, July 1, 1 page about timesharing timeline.

6. Lorenzi, Dodds & Gunnill letter to RWB from Robert M. Dodds, March 28, 1967, 1 page, he says he proposed timesharing to IBM on Aug 7, 1949.

7. IBM memo to J. C. McPherson from RWB, April 6, 1959, 2 pages, about autotypography, and clipping from 7 Jan 1963, about LA Times using RCA 301 for typesetting.

8. Memo to M. R. Keith from John C. McPherson, April 8, 1959, 1 page, passing on autotypography memo.

9. Memo to RWB from M. A. Shader, May 5, 1959, 1 page. "No immediate impact on IBM product line".

10. Four short notes between Robert M. Baer and RWB, March 1962, when RWB was editor of CACM, 1 page.

11. IBM newsletter, Aug-Sept 1960, vol V, no 4. "Digital Code Compresses Information to Speed Data Communication"; about RWB, numbers assigned to words based on frequency. 2 pages

12. Clippings from Electronic News, Monday, June 6, 1960, IBM Develops Numeric Data Transmission. 1 page.

13. Letter to Charles W. Bachman from Patrick G. Skelly, 1982 March 1, re-nominating RWB for Turing award for his work on character escape sequences.  3 pages

14. ISO/TC 97 memo, 9 May 1962, by RWB, Programming language implications on coded character sets, 2 pages

15. Honeywell letter to Olie Sturen, Secretary General, ISO, from RWB, 1981 December 03, graphic for ISO's 8 bit character set, 4 pages

16. Honeywell letter to DEK from RWB, 1974 January 23, irked about this paper [next item] left out of timesharing bibliography in Computing Reviews, 1 page

17. How to Consider a Computer, by Robert W. Bemer, Automatic Control, March 1957, p 66-69, 5 pages

18. Remington Rand Univac letter to RWB from Dr. Grace Murray Hopper, 1 April 1957, delighted about paper [previous item], sending B-Zero [marketing: Flow-matic] material to him, 1 page

19. Oxford University letter to DEK from Chistopher Strachy, 1st May 1967,  about paper "Time Sharing in Large Fast Computers" at pre IFIP conference in Paris in 1960, busy moving, cannot find notes,  1 page.

20. Memo to Professor P. M. Morse from John McCarthy, January 1, 1959, proposing a Quick Service Computer operating system on a forthcoming transistorized IBM 709 coming about July 1960, 5 pages.

[U2776-continued] Box: History 2

Honeywell Computer Journal, Vol 5, No 3, 1971

Scanned May 4, May 17, June 5, 2006
-- The Gamma 80, The Computer That was Ahead of Its Time, by M. Bataille, p 99-105 , 7 pages
-- A View of The History of Cobol, by R. W. Bremer, pages 130-135, 6 pages
-- Charater Codes: Who needs them? by E. H. Clamons  p 143-148, 7 pages.
-- bios of authors , 1 page
Fold outs scanned May 17, 2006

U2778 Box: History 2

A Simple Electronic Digital Computer

by W. L. Van Der Poel,

Appl. Sci. Res. Section B, Vol 2, 1952, pages 367-400.
18 pages.
Scanned May 13, 2006

U2779 Box: History 2

Stories about the B5000 and the People Who Were There

by Richard Waychoff, April 9, 1975.

DEK has penciled in "half-true" at beginning of title. There is a title page for Appendix B, The Algol Syntax Chart, but no content pages. Appendix A: Letter to Editor, Computer August 1977, by W. R. Lonergan. 
51 pages.
Scanned May 13, 2006

U2783 Box: History 2

An Invention that Might Have Acclerated the Development of Mathematical Machine

by Jiri Klit,

Research Institute of Mathematical Machines, Prague
Technical Digest, pages 39, 41, about Bernard Weiner, Czech engineer, 3 pages
[1976?]
Scanned May 15, 2006

U2788 Box: History 2

Computing at Case Institute

by Frederick Way, III

Case Aluminus 63.1 (Autumn 83)  8 pages.
Scanned May 15, 2006

U2792 Box: History 2

On Alan Turing and the Origins of Digital Computers

by Brian Randell

Offprint from Machine Intelligence 7, November 1972
Letter from B. Randell to DEK  c/o O. -J. Dahl at Oslo, 12th July 1972. on University of Newcastle Upon Tyne letterhead.
1 page + 19 pages.
Scanned May 15, 2006

U2796 Box: History 2

A Faster Cratchit: The History of Computing at Michigan

Research News, January 1976, Vol XXVII, No. 1
24 pages.
Scanned May 15, 2006

U2797 Box: History 2

The Evolution of Software

Computer Sciences Corporation
[1974?]
13 pages.
Scanned May 15, 2006

U2799 Box: History 2

L'Etat Actuel Des Machines a Calculer

by Pierre Devaun,

Mars 1926,

from La Revue Industrielle
photographs of mechanical adding machines and punched card equipment, text in French
11 pages.
Scanned May 15, 2006

R5251 Box: History 2

The Relay Computers at Bell Labs

by George R. Stibitz as told to Mrs. Evelyn Loveday

April 1967, Datamation, pages 35-44
May 1967, Datamation, pages 45-49
14 pages, includes some full page ads.
Scanned May 15, 2006

R5286 Box: History 2

Automatic Computing Engine of the National Physical Laboratory

by M. Woodger

[Pilot ACE]
Nature, vol 167, p 270, Feb 17, 1951
2 pages
Scanned May 15, 2006

R5331 Box: History 2

Computerwissenschaften

Von Niklaus Wirth

[inaugural lecture at ETH]
newspaper articles from Neue Zürcher Zeitung
7, Januar 1969, page 5, two scans
14, Januar 1969, page 5 two scans
14, Januar 1969, page 6, one scan
21, Januar 1969, page 5, two scans
Scanned May 17, 2006, on Epson Expression 10000XL

R5367.1 Box: History 2

Electronic Computing Circuits of the ENIAC

by Arthur W. Burks

Proceedings of Institute of Radio Engineers, vol 35, no. 8, August 1947, pages 736-767
13 pages
Scanned May 15, 2006

R5367.2 Box: History 2

Super Electronic Computing Machine

by Arthur W. Burks

Electronic Industries July 1946, pages 62-67, 96
8 pages
Scanned May 15, 2006

R5372 Box: History 2

The ENIAC

by J. G. Brainerd and T. K. Sharpless

Reprint: February 1948 issue of Electrical Engineering
4/30/48
10 pages
Scanned May 15, 2006

Oslo Box: History 2

University of Oslo Histories, from the beginning until the 70's

1996
52 pages
Scanned May 22, 2006

Saildart: Box: History 2

listing of SAIL dump tapes

Bruce Guenther Baumgart
1998(?)
29 pages
Scanned May 22, 2006
[did not copy accompanying CD, as not in Windows format]

Batch 9 (Sept 25, 2006 - March 28, 2007, April 18. 2007)

C 1032 Box: “Art” chapter 4

Runcible Basic Package P1Y

Case Institute of Technology

February 1959

D. E. Knuth

IBM 605

Assembled with Hand Soap

listing 1: labeled “P2Y FEB 12, 1958 (59)”

14 7/8 by 11 inches 14 pages

listing 2: labeled “A PACKAGES DEC 22, 1958”

14 7/8 by 11 inches 21 pages

Scanned: Oct 29, 2006

C 1063.1 Box: Op System 1

THE operating system – System Tables

E. W. Dijkstra,, et al.

1965-66

Electrologica X8

17.18 by 11.0 inches 126 pages

pencil and ink handwritten notes by D.E. K.

Scanned: Nov 5, 2006

C 1063.2 Box: Op System 1

THE operating system – List of Operator Message words

E. W. Dijkstra,, et al.

1965-66

Electrologica X8

17.18 by 11.0 inches 26 pages

blue ink notes by D.E.K.

Scanned: Nov 5, 2006

C 1063.3 Box: Op System 1

THE operating system – Arithmetic and System Subroutines

E. W. Dijkstra,, et al.

1965-66

Electrologica X8

17.18 by 11.0 inches 254 pages

blue ink notes by D.E.K.

Scanned: Nov 5, 2006

C 1063.4 Box: Op System 1

THE operating system – Table of the ALGOL translator

E. W. Dijkstra,, et al.

1965-66

Electrologica X8

17.25 by 11.0 inches 27 pages

blue ink notes by D.E.K.

Scanned: Oct 29, 2006

C 1063.5 Box: Op System 1

THE operating system – ALGOL lex scanner

E. W. Dijkstra,, et al.

1965-66

Electrologica X8

17.18 by 11.0 inches 25 pages

blue ink notes by D.E.K.

Scanned: Nov 5, 2006

O 0025 Box: “Art” chapter 1 box 1

Manchester Electronic Computer Mark I

chapter 3 of 3rd edition,

Sept 1953

Letter from R. A. Brooker, 19th August, 1976, University of Essex, 1 page 8.25 by 11.75 inches.

Chapter 3 is 16 pages, 10.125 by 14.25 inches.

Scanned: Oct 29, 2006

U 2131 Box: “Art” chapter 2

Knotted List Structures

J. Weizenbaum

R. Shepardson

B. Hellerstein

D. Masters

January, 1962

Computer Organization Unit

General Electric Computer Laboratory

missing page 2.2.9

list processing language definition

Philco S-2000

68 pages

Scanned: Jan 21, 2007

U 2226 Box: Compilers 5

LARC Scientific Compiler

Internal Systems Manual

J. Erdinn

D. E. Ferguson

L. Gatt

R. E. Martin

J. P. Middlekauff

H. T. Richards

D. W. Roberts

1962

Computer Sciences Corporation

Palos Verdes, CA

465 pages

Also handwritten note by DEK on notepaper from TeX Conference June 18-20 1990.

'The LARC compiler “was beautifully designed, very poorly documented, and patched at the machine level so we couldn't recompile it or reassemble it.” Betty Holbertson, Annals of the History of Computing 4(3) July 1982.'

Compiler developed by CSC for the LARC from FORTRAN II. Legendary for its power and expressibility as well as its speed. Had advanced array sorting features - perhaps a benefit from CSC having just finished written FACT?
Betty Snyder expressed dissatisfaction with the delivery of the compiler because the source was assembler patched and the documentation poor even though the compiler was outstanding. From Website:

UNIVAC LARC (1960)

Special solid state computer built by UNIVAC as a division of Sperry Rand for Livermore - one of the most advanced computers of its time, featuring many system components that influence modern computer design. Because of cost blowouts in the project, the Navy agreed to purchase a second one for the David Taylor Model Basin. Pres Eckert was substantially involved in its design. The contract UNIVAC won with the AEC was over IBM, who got instead the Los Alamos project for STRETCH - there was considerable rivalry between the STRETCH and LARC projects. From: Website:

Scanned: Jan 20, 2007

U 2293 Box: “Art” chapter 2

Record Handling

C. A. R. Hoare

September 12 – 16, 1966

A series of lectures to be delivered at

The NATO Summer School

Villard-de-Lans

45 pages

Scanned: Oct 12, 2006

U 2489 Box: “Art” chapter 2

Multi-Word List Items

W. T. Comfort

November 1961

International Business Machines Corporation

Space Guidance Center

Owego, New York

IBM 7090

25 pages

Scanned: Jan 21, 2007

U 2620 Box: Op System 2

ELAN Assembler Language for EL-X8

C. Bron

1970

Electrologica X8, the computer used for THE operating system

Handwritten notes.

12 pages

Scanned: Jan 21, 2007

U 2648 Box: Design

An Intermediate Program Language as an Aid in Program Synthesis

Arthur W. Burks

January 25, 1951

Engineering Research Institute

Burroughs Adding Machine Company

Detroit, Michigan

University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

17 pages

Scanned: Jan 21, 2007

U 2669 Box: “Art” chapter 5 box 1

The Inventory Simplified

1923

The Tabulating Machine Company

Division of International Business Machines Corporation

50 Broad Street, New York N.Y.

17 pages

Scanned: Oct 1, 2006

U 2690 Box: “Art” chapter 5 box 1

Some Comments on the Problem of Sorting

Andrew Gleason

December 18, 1956

8 pages

Scanned: Oct 1, 2006

U 2694 Box: documentation

Logical Coding (Flowcharting)

Mrs. Jean J. Bartik

V. H. (unknown)

Miss Francis E. Snyder

7/5/49

Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp.

11 pages

Standard Flow Chart and Coding Conventions

F. E. Holbartton, et al.

C 1950

Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp.

17 pages

Scanned: Jan 22, 2007

U 2697.1 Box: “Art” chapter 5 box 2

Collation Methods for the UNIVAC System Volume I

(nee Frances E. Snyder)

Dec 8, 1950

Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp.

Subsidiary of Remington Rand, Inc.

175 pages

Scanned: Oct 1, 2006

U 2697-2 Box: “Art” chapter 5 box 2

Collation Methods for the Univac System Volume II

3-28-1950

Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp.

Subsidiary of Remington Rand, Inc.

memo: to Dr. Herbert F. Mitchell, Jr., from Mis Frances E. Snyder, 6/21/50 -- 2 pages

Univac Instruction Code C-10 1/27/1950 -- 15 pages

Report 12/8/50 – 236 pages, 1 – B size drawing, 13 – C size drawings, 1 -D size drawing

Scanned: Oct 29, 2006

Scanned: Jan 8, 2007

U 2724 Box: “Art” chapter 5 box 3

Master Generating Routine for 2-Way Sorting

Francis E. Holberton [pencil note]

9/3/52

Eckert-Mauchly Division

Remington Rand, Inc.

Copyright 1952

56 pages

handwritten notes on lined paper, 1 page

cover plus 52 pages, 3 hole punched

D size schematic in 4 quadrant scans, handwritten notes on back

Scanned: Jan 10, 2007

Scanned: Jan 12, 2007

U 2769.1 Box: documentation

Letters and Articles from Chuck Baker

February 27, 1974

1. Handwritten letter to D.E.K, on Ocean Data Systems, Inc. letterhead, 3 pages.

2. Handwritten letter, 3 pages, intro to “Computer Engineering Manual” from Douglas Aircraft, between 1953 and 1955, IBM 701. 24 pages.

3. Handwritten letter, 2 pages, intro to “Some Thoughts On A Proposed Assembly-Loader”, Jan 1957, IBM 704, 24 pages.

4. Handwritten letter, 1 page, intro to “Problems of Programming a Large Scale Control System”, RAND, Dec 1958, 16 pages.

5. Handwritten letter, 1 page, intro to “Comments on “Proposed Standards for Program Logic Manuals””, IBM, Oct 20, 1967, 3 pages.

6. Handwritten letter, 1 page, intro to “What A Programmer Does”, no author, Datamation, April 1967, pp 177-178. 2 pages

Scanned: Oct 18, 2006

U 2769.2 Box: documentation

Army Cost Model

Programmer's Reference Manual

C. L. Baker

Rand Corporation

Memorandum RM-3721-ASDC

July 1963

Handwritten letter to D.E.K., on Ocean Data Systems, Inc. letterhead, March 2, 1974, 1 page.

Pages: cover, vii, 17-21, 23, 25, 27, 36-42, 57, 59-60, 69-71, 85, 93, 107, 115-116, 129, 138, 150, 161. for a total of 32 pages.

“every attempt has been made to work towards a symbolic assembly listing that would be completely self-documenting as possible.” IBM 7090. SCAT language.

Scanned: Jan 8, 2007

Processing Batch Number List

Document Number List

Title List