CSIRO Computing History, Appendix 6: Resources

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Robert C. Bell

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Appendix 6: Resources

Videos/films

There is a 1967 film:

https://www.scienceimage.csiro.au/video/11736/classifying-by-computer/

There is a 1985 film:

https://www.scienceimage.csiro.au/video/12259/csironet-1985-/

Rob Hurle has reported there was another, recorded on super8 format, which he has and is trying to locate.  He reported that this one was never published.

There was a film in about 1993 – yet to be rediscovered.

Publications

At the CSIRO Clayton site in the Rivett Building NW, 1st Floor, room 2.10 (W3W https://w3w.co/transfers.year.ground), I have started a store of publications, either by the various CSIRO scientific computing services or by vendors who supplied equipment to CSIRO computing.

Here is a list, roughly in chronological order.

Early Computing History

• Quotes from unknown source about the CSIR Radiophysics Laboratory on the CSIR Automatic Computer and Transistors.
• Printed copy of Appendix 5 of this CSIROpedia collection: References
• Book: David Demant: The First Computer Mouse
• Book: Doug McCann & Peter Thorne: The Last of the First
• CRS/DCR
• CDC: 3100/3200/3300 Computer Systems SCOPE Utility – a sample of the 3000 series manuals – Feb 1965
• T S Holden: DAD System Reference Manual to Nov 1971

DCR/Csironet Newsletters

• (These have all been scanned – see the References section).  The collection retains paper copies of sample issues – these are ones containing material written by Rob Bell – in particular, the regular column ‘Stings and Things” written under the pseudonym Scorpio.)

Csironet Other

• CSIRO Institute of Physical Sciences Annual Report 1984/85 – extract on computing and Atmospheric Research issues.
• CoResearch Sep 1985: Letter to editor from Robert Bell about Csironet privatisation.
• CoResearch Oct 1985: Reply to letter to editor from Robert Bell about Csironet privatisation.
• Csironet Introductory Kit 1986, including: VM?CMS on Csrionet, Csironet Technical Update, Csironet Project and User Registration, Csironet in Brief.
• Csironet Services brochures
• Csironet Profile 1985
• Csironet new starters kit 1986, including Users Manual and Reference Manual, Csironet News
• Csironet Services 1986 including SAS.
• Csironet Supercomputing Services c 1986
• Csironet’s Cyber 205 Service
• CDC Update Version 1 Reference Manual 1984 – an example of CDC’s manuals
• CDC Update Version 1 Instant 1981 – an example of CDC’s instant manuals

Folder of microfiche and miscellaneous documentation, up to date to CSIRO’s last general use of Csironet in 1990.

• Csironet User Manuals
• Csironet Introductory Guides
• Csironet Reference Manuals
• Applications Software Directory
• Csironet Service Notes
• UM1 Introduction to Csironet
• Csironet Computing Notes
• Cybarites (selected)
• TOMS (transactions on Mathematical Software
• Linpack
• CSIRO Staff List 1984
• IMSL library
• TOMS 568
• Pascal Release
• Software Tools
• Iftran
• Pfort
• Calcomp
• NCAR Graphics
• Plotting
• MIcroprocessor index
• Radiophysics
• Forlib
• Schoonschip
• PDEONE
• Linpack
• CERN Computer Centre
• DCR FCLAUG – Fortran common library augmented
• FTNIOLIB
• Internal waves – sample fiche from a research project with Jorgen Frederiksen
• Extracts from documentation section reports
• Index to collected algorithms of the ACM
• Release notes for Csironet documentation and meetings
• C D Beaton and M J Dallwitz: Summary of Commands for CSIRONET Terminals and the Subsystems of CYI
• Division of Entomology Report No. 10, April 1980.
• Cyber 76 debugging guide
• IFTRAN guide
• List of Csironet publications 1987
• Csironet FACOM host FAF documentation and help
• PUFF Help notes – Csironet Project and User record management

JSF – 1990-92

• Cray Research build memento for YMP 2/216 SN 1409, the first cherax
• JSF User Guide
• JSF publicity, brochures, bumper stickers, user registration, charging regimes, AARNet connection
• Three papers by Rob Bell arising from SFTF – Resource Allocation on Supercomputers – shares versus charging, Benchmarking to Buy and Machine Sharing.
• Share order forms

CSF – 1992-97

• User’s Guide to the CSIRO Supercomputing Facility Cray
• DIT Research Update
• Greg Batchelor leaving CSIRO
• Brochures
• man qsub_next
• CSF User information
• Report on CSF first three years
• Usage graphs
• Chemistry software
• Ocean modelling
• Retrospective on CSIRO HPC 1990-1997
• Roger Brown and Stephen Leak: Future Directions for CSIRO High Performance Computing
• Marek Michalewicz paper
• Computational Challenges in Life sciences – conference programs and books

HPCCC, HPSC, eResearch – 1997-2008

• Press release, 1997, on HPCCC storage for StorageTek
• CSIRO Research Results Issue 5 1997 including “New CSIRO Supercomputer supports industry collaboration”
• Atmosphere – newsletter of the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research, Feb 1998: “New supercomputer facility”
• NEC SXworld Spring 1998 no. 22: “HPCCC – Joint Bureau of Meteorology/CSIRO HPCCC”
• HPCCC Launch, May 1998
• CSIRO Workshop on Electronic Structure Computations … July 1998
• HPCCC Applications August 1998
• A Supercomputing Partnership – the first year, 1998
• CUG 41st conference program, May 1999, including: “Storage Management -– Seven years and Seven Lessons with DMF”, Robert Bell (CSIRO)
• NEC SX-4 and Cray job statistics
• Structure based drug design brochure
• A Supercomputing Partnership Annual Report 1998/99
• HPCCC Advancing the Frontiers of Ocean Forecasting – Bluelink, 2006
• “Electronic Dinosaur is dusted off” – The Age, 1999-11-22, p4.
• Structure based drug design – brochure
• How will greenhouse gases affect our climate over the next 100 years? – brochure
• The Australian Air quality forecasting system – brochure
• Cost-effective and environmentally-friendly technology for utilising low-rank coals – brochure
• CSIRO systems speed and memory to 2000 – brochure
• A Supercomputing Partnership 2001 – brochure
• CUG Summit May 2001, including: “Shared-Memory Vector Systems Compared” Robert Bell (CSIRO) and Guy Robinson (ARSC)
• Collection of brochures, usage graphs, performance information about the HPCCC to 2008
• RMIT ENGenious conference 2003

ASC, IMT SC – 2007-2020

• iVEC Annual Report 2007/2008
• Traffic lights sample, 2008
• Weather and climate get a supercomputing boost  – BoM PR, March 2009
• SGI interview with Robert Bell, 2009
• “Your Data, Our Responsibility” eResearch poster, 2009, Robert Bell, Jeroen van den Muyzenberg, Peter Edwards
• Yachting Australia recognises CSIRO’s golden winds – Monday Mail, issue 349, 26 Oct 2009
• CSIRAC 60 years – 2009
• CSIRO eScience: delivering diversity: brochure, c 2008
• Milestones for CSIRO supercomputing – Monday Mail, issue 363, 22 Mar 2010
• NEC has had a super time with the Bureau of Meteorology: NEC Friday Digest, 20 Aug 2010
• MAID employed for green storage: MyCSIRO Intranet, 01 Oct 2012
• CSIRO eResearch Services: c 2012
• CSIRO eResearch: c 2012
• Research and Collaboration Services: c 2017
• Groundwater cooling: c 2013
• CSIRO Wrangles extra 5TB a day – iTWire news item, 08 Oct 2012
• The Pawsey Centre: brochure, c 2010
• The Pawsey Centre: booklet, 2013
• CSIRO eResearch Successful Project Collaborations: brochure, 1 July 2014
• IMT CIO Update, highlighting IT Services: e-mail, issue 7, Jul 2014, including SC Platforms and SC Services
• 60 years of computing in Victoria: University of Melbourne. 14 June 2016
• High-performance computing in the Bureau of Meteorology: brochure, 2015
• CSIRO Information Management and Technology Strategy 2020 overview: brochure

CSIRO Atmospheric Research – related publications

• Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre Quarterly Report no. 24, June 1975
• CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Physics Research Report 1977-1980
• CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Physics Research Report 1980-1983
• CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research Research Report 1983-1985
• Atmospheric Chemistry Research in the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Physics: May 1978
• Weather & Climate: CSIRO Research for Australia: 7, 1986
• CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research Newsletter, no. 9 June 1987
• CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research Research Report 1988-1990
• CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research Research Report 1990-1992
• Airwaves, 23 Sep 1996

Vendor-related publications: CDC ETA, Fujitsu, NEC, NCAR, RMIT

• Cyber 203 – CDC
• Cyber 170 Series 700 – CDC
• Cyber 170 Series 800 – CDC
• Cyber 170 Series 800 Peripherals – CDC
• Cyber 170 Series 800 Computer Systems NOS 2 – CDC
• Cyber 170 Series 800 Computer Systems Architectural Overview – CDC
• Cyber 205 Series 600 Supercomputer – CDC
• ETA10 Supercomputer Series
• i/o – ETA Systems publication: VOl3, no.1, Vol 4, no. 1 (1986, 1987?)
• ETA10 Supercomputer Series – brochure, CDC, 1987
• ETA System V – ETA 1988
• FACOM M-190 – Fujitsu
• FACOM M-150F – Fujitsu
• Technology overview  SX-4 – NEC
• SXworld – NEC – 1995-2002
• ESS update – NEC Europe, Spring 2000
• Tape Storage – NEC
• SX-series Solutions – SX-5 – NEC, c 2000
• SX-series  – NEC broches, SX-5
• Technology Overview – SX-5 – NEC, 1998
• Architecture and Application: The performance of the NEC SX-4 on the NCAR Benchmark Suite.  Hammond, Loft and Tannenbaum, 1996
• NEC SX-Series Technology and Future Products – presentation, May 2002
• NEC SX-6 Multi-node
• NEC Research & Development Vol 44 no. 1, Jan 2003
• NEC Launches world’s fastest Vector Supercomputer, SX-9 – PR, 25 Oct 2007
• Facilities for atmospheric research – NCAR, no. 14, Sep 1970 – CDC 7600 acquisition
• Atmospheric technology – NCAR, no. 11, fall 1979
• The record – NCAR, Vol 7, no. 2, 1 Feb 1986 (including graphics project – GKS)
• RMIT  – Cray J916 supercomputer launch, 1995.

NEC SX

• NEC SX Cluster Overview  (HPCCC SX-6 configuration, 2004-6)
• NEC SX Series quick reference guide
• NEC SX Series Programming Environment Ready Reference
• Cray SX-6 Series Programming Environment Ready Reference

Vendor-related publications – Cray, SGI, StorageTek (STK)

• Cray Y-MP4E Supercomputer System – 1991
• Sources of Numerical Differences: Suchyta, 25 Oct 1995
• Cray Inc announcements, merger of Cray Research and Tera – 2000
• DMF 2.0 – Cray
• SGI DMF/TMF Update, October 1999
• SGI Altix GLobal Shared Memory, Oct 2010
• SGI Technical Advances in the SGI ALtix UV Architecture
• SGI COPAN 400M Native MAID Storage – 2010
• Comparing Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP) with RAID-6 using IOR – SGI, Dec 2012
• SGI compendium, including “Dramatically Lowering Storage Costs” to DMF 5 – 2009-10
• SGI Altix UV- 2010
• Scalability and Performance in Modern File Systems – Trautman and Mostek
• CXFS: A clustered SAN Filesystem from SGI – Koeninger, 1999
• SGI – ALtix 3000 brochures – 2003
• Storing, Accessing and Managing Multi-Petabyte Data Sets – SGI, Wehrman, 2005
• Data Migration Facility (DMF) – SGI Presentation, 2003
• SGI UV 3000 System User Guide, 2015
• Challenge: From Research Data to Knowledge: Mediaflux, SGI
• 4400 Automated Cartridge System – STK, 1988
• 4480 Cartridge Subsystem – STK, 1988
• The Future of Strategic Information Management is at hand – Nearline, STK, 1987
• Nearline – STK, 1989
• STK brochue – 1992
• A Guide to Magnetic Tape Management – STK, 1991
• Redwood and Timberline – STK, 1995
• 25 years – STK, 1994
• Powderhorn – STK, 1992
• Protecting Data – STK, 2004
• 9840 – STK, 1999
• Free tape destruction – Imation, 2005
• T10000 tape drive, and drive comparisons
• Storage Spectrum – Fred Moore

Related Publications – ACCI, ARSC, Australian Supercomputer Conferences, BoM, APAC

• ACCI to open – PR 19 Dec 1990
• Brochure – ACCI
• Annual Review – ACCI, 1995
• APAC – four years on: 2000 to 2004
• Arctic Region Supercomputing Center – brochure, 1997
• T3E Newsletter – ARSC, 1999
• Performance Programming – ARSC,
• ARSC brochures
• The NEC/Cray SX-6 at ARSC – 2003
• First National Supercomputer Conference – ANU, 1988
• Second Australian Supercomputer Conference – Wollongong, 1989
• The Cyber 990 at the University of Melbourne – A P Bell, Dec 1988
• Third Australian Supercomputer Conference – the University of Melbourne, 1990
• Gold Coast, 1991the University of Melbourne, 1990
• Fifth Australian Supercomputer Conference – Melbourne, 1992
• Supercomputers in Australia – Alan P Bell, 1992
• Weather News – Minister commissions supercomputer – BoM, Sep 1988
• Computing – BoM COSB, Jan/Feb 1994
• The Sums of the Atmosphere – BoM, 2009
• 50 years of computing in the Bureau of Meteorology – BoM, 2013 – see p 15

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