May 11, 1961 (vol. 71, iss. 157) • Page Image 1
… independence of Laos. "The search for peace in Laos is worth the best efforts of all who might come to the table.' COMPUTER COMMUNICATION: IBM 704 Goes MAD When User Makes. Mistake Birehers Ask Investigation…
… Hunter Keen-Krushing Krafty King-nut Kellerman Kool-Kushened Kraft-Kramming Krab Apple Krynicki Lead-Lofting, Load Locust Lucky Locke Long-Lunging Rink Lapping Locust Lunghammer Mad Mashing, Might…
…' . . .. t. Zfe 2* j u A,-b ,dd?_.,. ,d-s "'V_*"- ~r y1i" a a <::i - iv i :i ir".i? 'r<:i ""' } . . . ,:<j~ *4*4v$ r4 4 By BUEL TRAPNELL] A user of the computing cen- ter's IBM-704 electronic computer could…
… informs the user of his mistakes, and even refers him to the section of the operating guide that could tell him how to cor- rectly program the instructions. Temporarily Abandoned But the computer has such a…
… FORTRAN programs into MAD programs, so that either may be used on the computer. Rosin emphasized that serious work is done with the two-year old 704. It is rented at a stan- dard IBM 60 per cent educational…
… discount to do only academic work. Cards punched on a keypunch machine are put into a reader, which records its information on magnetic tapes. From then on, tape is used for the computer processes. Monitor…
… approxi- mately 1,000 people who use it. Computer Cpmmunication Rosin said that at many instal- lations computers are used only to process information, but at the center, the 704 is used to learn about…
… computers and how to com- municate with them, and to teach students, in addition to processing data gathered in all phases of scientific research. There are 440 students enrolled in the two computer…
… programming courses taught here. The comput- ing staff does not program the 704 for any of the people who use it; they only assist when help is needed. Eventual Printout "The IBM 704 can process the typical…
… and proceeding to the next job," Rosin commented. The computing center is work- *-0- ::' :1 A _... …
