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SEESAW(ID:115/see001)

Autocode for the IBM 701 

alternate simple view
Country: United States
Designed 1954
Published: 1954
Genus: Low-level Autocoders
Sammet category: Multi-purpose

Early automatic coding system on IBM 701, mentioned by Hopper as an example in her NPL lecture, but otherwise obscure.

One possibility is that it was an autocode developed for the U.S. Navy Communications Supplementary Activity in Washington (Nicknamed "Seesaw" because of its initials, CSAW). They were heavy early users of computing, and the technical team left en bloc to become ERA (which then became a part of Sperry, and Norris then led the team away to become CDC)

Hardware:
References:
  • Hopper (1955) Hopper, Grace "Automatic Coding for Digital Computers" pdf Extract: Introduction
          in the High Speed Computer Conference, Louisiana Stat (1955) the High Speed Computer Conference, Louisiana State University, 16 Feb. 1955, Remington Rand, Inc. 1955
  • Notes on the use of SEESAW [sn, sl] (1955) Notes on the use of SEESAW [sn, sl]
          in the High Speed Computer Conference, Louisiana Stat (1955) the High Speed Computer Conference, Louisiana State University, 16 Feb. 1955, Remington Rand, Inc. 1955
  • Bemer (1958) [Bemer, RW] [State of ACM automatic coding library August 1958]
          in the High Speed Computer Conference, Louisiana Stat (1955) the High Speed Computer Conference, Louisiana State University, 16 Feb. 1955, Remington Rand, Inc. 1955
  • [Bemer] (1959) [Bemer, RW] [State of ACM automatic coding library May 1959] Extract: Obiter Dicta
          in [ACM] (1959) [ACM] CACM 2(05) May 1959
  • Bemer, R (1962) Bemer, R "ISO TC97/SC5/WGA(1) Survey of Programming Languages and Processors" December 1962
          in [ACM] (1963) [ACM] CACM 6(03) (Mar 1963)
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