Chilton::ACL::Mercury Autocode Manual

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Overview □ High speed automatic calculating machines (Cambridge, 1949) □ Automatic Digital Computation (NPL, 1953) □ Applications of computers (Nottingham, 1958) □ Mercury Autocode (1961) □ Stretch/IBM 7030 MCP user's guide (1960) □ Stretch manual for S2 Fortran (1964) □ The Flowers report (1966) □ GINO3 manual (1967, PDF) □ GINO3 manual (1967, HTML) □ TREE-META (Engelbart, English, Rulifson 1968) □ Computer Processing Speeds (Nottingham, Wichmann, 1977)

Further reading □ CONTENTS □ 1. Basic Facilities □ 2. Further Facilities □ 3. Matrix Operations □ 4. Programme Library □ A1. Punching Service □ A2. Running Yourself □ A3. Interpretation of Machine Orders □ A4. At Manchester □ A5. Library Programmes

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Applications Associates Literature Society Technology Software revisited

Early history □ Minutes of committee meetings □ Progress reports □ Other reports □ News cuttings □ In-house publications □ Committee papers □ Personal recollections □ ACL publications □ Books □ Early Atlas publications □ FR80 reports □ Atlas manuals □ ICL1906A manuals □ Other manuals

Overview □ High speed automatic calculating machines (Cambridge, 1949) □ Automatic Digital Computation (NPL, 1953) □ Applications of computers (Nottingham, 1958) □ Mercury Autocode (1961) □ Stretch/IBM 7030 MCP user's guide (1960) □ Stretch manual for S2 Fortran (1964) □ The Flowers report (1966) □ GINO3 manual (1967, PDF) □ GINO3 manual (1967, HTML) □ TREE-META (Engelbart, English, Rulifson 1968) □ Computer Processing Speeds (Nottingham, Wichmann, 1977)

Appendix 1: A service for punching and execution of Autocode Programmes on the Manchester University Mercury Computer

The majority of small programmes, and in some cases, longer programmes, will be handled by the operating staff both as regards running on the machine, and also punching, if the customer has no access to editing equipment.

For this purpose, each programme must be accompanied by a MEMO (Autocode Service Operating Record) giving rough details of the expected behaviour. Both sides of this MEMO should be completed if a manuscript 1s submitted for punching, but if prepared tapes are sent, the punching details may be omitted. A copy of the MEMO 1s included at the end of this appendix.

The rest of this Appendix contained information applicable to the Manchester University Mercury. The Mercury on the Harwell site at Chilton had a similar arrangement whereby programmers could either you the Data Preparation Section to punch their tapes or could use the machines available to punch their own.

Harwell Data Preparation Section showing teletype and flexowrite at the back, after the move to Atlas

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