#ICT

Australia in Space (1987)

In the nineteen sixties, Australia became one of the first countries to design, build and launch a satellite, and was a major partner in British and European space programs. Twenty years later, Australia has once again developed the technological capacity to be 'space qualified'.

Connections: 2 (1986)

A review of current activities in CSIRO for staff information.

CSIRONET (1985)

CSIRONET is an Australia-wide computing network offering its services to CSIRO, government departments, tertiary institutions and private companies.

On Line (1984)

Each year the amount of information stored increases at a staggering rate. The problem is how do we track it down when it’s needed?

A man setaed at a 1960's computer terminal.

Classifying by computer (1966)

Scientists have always wanted to classify things, to divide them up into meaningful groups. We all do this every day, when we speak about human races, or give names to the plants we grow in our gardens. But to do this efficiently needs years of experience, years of working with the things we want to classify.

A technician working with the CSIR Mk1 Computer

The Computer “CSIRAC” (1965)

Think you’re an early adopter? CSIRAC was an automatic digital computer, the fifth computer of its kind ever built. It weighed 7,000 kg and had a RAM of 768 words.