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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 725238" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p>Sir Maurice Wilkes, widely regarded as a "father of British computing" and the first president of the British Computer Society, died this week aged 97.</p><p></p><p>Sir Maurice was an acclaimed computer scientist credited with several major developments in computing, including the world's first usable stored-program computer, the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC).</p><p></p><p>This machine was switched on in May 1949 under the leadership of Sir Maurice who ran the EDSAC project at Cambridge University.</p><p></p><p>In 1951, he was responsible for the development of microprogramming as adaptable software to control a computer instead of less flexible fixed circuitry, which became a standard</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/content/computing-pioneer-dies-aged-97-212/" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Feedster, post: 725238, member: 259515"] Sir Maurice Wilkes, widely regarded as a "father of British computing" and the first president of the British Computer Society, died this week aged 97. Sir Maurice was an acclaimed computer scientist credited with several major developments in computing, including the world's first usable stored-program computer, the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC). This machine was switched on in May 1949 under the leadership of Sir Maurice who ran the EDSAC project at Cambridge University. In 1951, he was responsible for the development of microprogramming as adaptable software to control a computer instead of less flexible fixed circuitry, which became a standard [url=http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/content/computing-pioneer-dies-aged-97-212/]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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