iere is a total list of artefacts held. Robert Bell File: ~/Documents/csiro/Computer.History/list_of_artefacts_for display.txt Last updated: 2026-09-18 09:39:42+1000 Fri The designatons A1, A2, etc, indicate the item number in the Artefacts web page at https://csiropedia.csiro.au/csiro-computing-history-appendix-7-artefacts/ This is Appendix 7 of CSIRO Computing History and contains desciptions and pictures of many of the items. The designation B1, B2, B3, etc, indicates the location of each artefact in the boxes held near Rob Bell's desk. The first 53 items in the list below were displayed at the 75th and 60th Anniversary Event in Canberra on 14 November 2024. A- B3 1. Display picture of Trevor Pearcey and CSIR Mk 1 A1,A5 B3 2. Special ruler for counting rows and columns on line printer output (10 characters per inch across, 6 lines per inch down). A6 B2 3. Line printer paper box (2500 sheets of 11" by 15" paper, weighing about 20 kg). This is box 2! A- B- 4. Pearcey (1988). "A History of Australian Computing" - in CSIRO Libraries A- B- 5. Sample page from the Terry Holden collection, showing a flow chart of the DAD Monitor - driver. A- B- 6. Reverse of the above - poem by Judith Wright about computers A- B2 7. CDC 3100/3200/3300 Computer Systems SCOPE Utility manual. A- B2 8. Sample DCR staff news from my scans - issues 7 and 8, 1978. A- B2 9. Sample CYBARITES from my scans - issues 2 and 3, 1973. A- B2 10. Lederer, B.R. et al (1988) "CSIRONET's Terabit File Store". Aust. Comp. J, vol 20, no 1, Feb, pp 33-40 A- B2 11. CSIRO Users Manual Vol 1: "Introduction to CSIRONET". January 1986 A- B2 12. CoResearch Sep 1985, containing letter from Robert Bell re Csironet privatisation - see Chapter 4 A- B2 13. CoResearch Oct 1985, containing Keith Boradman's reply to letter from Robert Bell re Csironet privatisation - see Chapter 4 A- B2 14. DCR Newsletter, no 143, Oct 1978 containing Rob Bell's first entry - letter to the Editor (re 25% increase in computing charges), and a reply from Terry Holden. A- B2 15. CSIRONET new user package from July 1985. A- B- 16. University of Melbourne June 2016. "60 Years of Computing in Victoria" A- B- 17. Hill, G. W. (1960) initial pages from "Interprogram - English language automatic programming for CSIRAC" A- B- 18. Extract from book re Radiophysics: "CSIR Automatic Computer" Scanned: /Users/bel107/Documents/csiro/Computer.History/Radiophysics.CSIRAC+transistors.pdf A- B- 19. Extract from book re Radiophysics: "Transistors" Scanned: /Users/bel107/Documents/csiro/Computer.History/Radiophysics.CSIRAC+transistors.pdf A- B- 20. Demant, D (2001). "The First Computer Mouse" - in CSIRO Libraries A- B2 21. Holden, T.S. (compiler) (1970). "DAD SYSTEM Reference Manual" A- B2 22. "The last of the First" - draft program from Pearcey Centenary celebration, 5 March 2019, Sydney University A- B2 23. Pearcey Foundation. "The last of the First" - program from Pearcey Centenary celebration, 5 March 2019, Sydney University A- B- 24. Text of Barbara Ainsworth's presentation to the above. A1 B- 25. Sample coding forms: CDC Fortran, CDC Data C. S. I. R. O. Data Sheet See B1 77 instead A- B2 26. Sample graph paper - log-linear. A- B- 27. McCann, D. and Thorne, P. (2000). "The last of the First" - in CSIRO Libraries and on-line A2 B2 28. Box for punched cards - held about 2000. Contains about 1000 cards of various types: unpunched A- B2 29. Photo of Rob Bell - used in CoResearch Feb 1986 article on *Mail A1,A7 B2 30. IBM flowchart template including cover A- B2 31. CDC Compass Version 3 Summary including Cyber instruction set A- B2 32. CDC Update Version 1 Instant A18 B2 33. Sample microfiche - Csironet Computing Notes, User Manuals, etc A- B2 34. Pearcey Foundation. CSIRAC 70th celebration, 14 Nov 2019 Program University of Melbourne A- B2 35. CSIRAC 60 years brochure - in item B2 28. A- B2 36. Sample ED session, 1978, illustraing a fault. A- B2 37. Sample TED session and system messages A- B2 38. Sample Csironet output listing: 1978-05-17 message to Computer Operations Manager - SCOPE/Ed fault A- B2 39. Sample Csironet output listing: 1978-06-30 message from Barry McDowell A- B2 40. Sample Csironet output listing: 1981-10-30 typesetting run A- B2 41. Sample Csironet output listing: 1983-11-09 job to copy files to tape to take to UK Met Office A1 B- 42. Sample punched cards - some used See B1 82. A- B- 43. SAA conversion slide - from Joe Ralph - discarded. A- B3 44. Sample 8-channel paper tape, including hub. A- B2 45. CDC pen - in item B2 28. A1 B2 46. Automatic pencil - in item B2 28. A1 B2 47. Eraser - in item B2 28. A1 B2 48. Highlighter pen, used to highlight characters in printed output - in item B2 28. A- B2 49. Chicago bolts, used to hold loose-leaf manuals - in item B2 28. A- B1 50. Sticker 1990-1992 - My Back End is a CRAY - Joint Supercomputer Facility A2 B2 51. Floppy disc labels - in item B2 28. A- B2 52. Magnetic tape cartridge - STK 9840 'raven' 20 Gbyte - C56013 - Really a cassette, with two hubs for fast access. decommissioned after > 5000 mounts. - in item B2 28. A- B2 53. 9-track magnetic tape ("round") small size. Contained benchamrk codes for 1989 SFTF. A10 B3 54. Abacus (Cray User Group 1992) small. A29 B1 55. Tower of Hanoi physical model. A- B1 56. Write-up for the display of the Tower of Hanoi model, and its application to backup management A11 B1 57. Scale model of a Cray Y-MP/4E A13 B? 58. Missing: Cray Research Cray Y-MP CPU board A14 B3 59A. Cray Research board from IOS - 2BI Instruction stack A14 B3 59B. Cray Research board from IOS - 2YY VHISP Control (Description enclosed) A26 B3 60. SGI Numalink cable A16 B3 61. NEC SX-6 CPU module with radiator cooling A9 B3 62. Slide rule A- B2 63. HP 15C pocket calculator and "Owner's Handbook" and "Advanced Functions Handbook" - in item B2 28. A- B1 64. IBM System/360 Reference Data A- B1 65. Cray Research UNICOS Shell and Variable Ready Reference SQ-2060 A- B- 66. Bumper sticker: My back-end is a Cray - JSF See B1 50. A15 B? 67. Missing: Cray Research J90 CPU board A12 B? 68. Missing: Cray Research Y-MP front control panel A- B3 69. Floppy discs, Zip discs, 4 mm and 8mm and QIC tape cartridges A18 B1 70. Folder (empty) for microfiche A- B1 71. "A Supercomputing Journey inspired by Curiosity" A- B1 72. Brochure - "If you want to work ..." CSF 1994 A- B1 73. Brochure - "A Supercomputing Partnership" - HPCCC 2001 A- B1 74. Museum Victoria HPCCC NEC SX donations A- B1 75. "Revolution" Computer History Museum A- B1 76. Brochure CRAY Y-MP4E computer system A2 B1 77. Folder containing: Sample coding forms: CDC Fortran, CDC Data, C. S. I. R. O. Data Sheet, Rob Bell's, IBM System / 360 Fortran coding form Listing of prgram BASTR11 run on Monash University CDC 3200 1969 Write ring, paper tape sample, 5 1/4" and 3 1/2 inch floppy discs A- B1 78. Cray Research serial number 1918 sticker, plus note to Jim Masocco, Cray engineer. A- B1 79. Cray Research serial number 9730 sticker A28 B1 80. NEC SX-5 mug A28 B1 81. CSIRO / Leading Edge mug - Joint Supercomputer Facility A- B1 81. Bureau of Meteorology job on punched cards - 1969-1971 A- B1 82. Cyber 76 job on punched cards, including benchmark program HELM - 1982, 1985 A- B1 83. Unused punch cards, including some used as eResearch 2009 conference give-aways, publicising CSIRO Advanced Scientific Computing A- B2 84. CDC Update Version 1 Reference Manual A- B2 85. Papers from 14 Nov 2024 75th and 60th celebration A- B2 86. Brochure - Csironet's Cyber 205 service A- B2 87. Csironets services April 1986 A- B2 88. Csironets services April 1985 A- B2 89. DCR Newsletter, no 150, Dec 1979 containing Rob Bell's first column 'Stings and Things' A- B2 90. DCR Newsletter, no 178, Aug 1984 containing Rob Bell's 'Cyber 205 Experiences' A- B2 91. Brochure - Csironet suprcomputing services, c 1985 A- B2 92. Brochure - Csironet profile Jan 1985 A- B2 93. Extract CSIRO Institute of Physical Sciences Annual Report 1984/85 - DAR and DIT/Csironet. A- B2 94. CSIRO Div. of Entomology Report No. 10 - Summary of Commands for CSIRONET Terminals and the Subsystems of CYI. A- B2 95. Csironet miscellaneous publications - in Brief, technical update, project & User registraion, brochures, introductory. A- B3 96. SGI DMF 20-year plaque 1991-2011 A10 B3 97. Abacus - large A3 B3 98. 9-track magnetic tape ("round") standard size. Contained files for work with Jorgen Frederiksen. A- B3 99. Magnetic tape cartridges C50000 - 3480 - CSIRO's first L00002 - 3480 - Leading Edge Technology ? - 3490E - extended - 36 track G00644 P - 9940 G00006 C - SD-3 - Redwood tape labels A11 B3 100. Cray Research Y-MP4E SN 1918 clock - 47021.04 hours - 1992-1997 A- B3 101. Sample of carpet from 700 COllins St, 2004- A- B3 102. NEC SX-5 memory module - 256 Mbyte from 128 Gbyte. 32 memory units, each with 16 modules. 47ns SDRAM. 2004-06-02 A27 B3 103. NEC SX-6/TX7 components - 4 modules, probably including a TX7 Itanium processor. A17 B? 104. Commemorative book of the build of Cray Y-MP2/216 SN 1409 A4 B? 105. Sample coding forms: CDC Fortran, CDC Data, C. S. I. R. O. Data Sheet, Rob Bell's, IBM System / 360 Fortran coding form A8 B- 106. Rock and three-ringed binders A19-24 B- 107. Items not held physically in Rob Bell's collection. A25 B? 108. Sample printouts - prime numbers, CDC 3200 output, and Cyber 76 dayfile.