From: Nemo Nusquam <cym224@gmail.com>
To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Happy birthday, Maurice Wilkes!
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 20:41:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <93a29bb5-9381-1431-21cf-6c86a019dccc@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.999.1806261015400.68981@aneurin.horsfall.org>
On 06/25/18 22:00, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> As I continue to push the boundaries of subjective topicism, I'd like to
> mention that today was when Sir Maurice Wilkes FRS FReng was born way
> back in 1913.
And I really wish that MIT Press would reprint his Memoirs.
N.
>
> He had a bit to do with EDSAC, microprogramming, and that sort of thing.
>
> And dmmmit, I missed Alan Turing's birthday last Saturday (23rd June,
> 1912),
> and Komrad Zuse's back in 22nd June, 1910, along with the Qwerty keyboard
> being patented by one Christopher Sholes back in 1868 (long story).
>
> -- Dave
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