ALGO Algebraic Compiler for the Bendix G-15 Computer
date: label: date made
content: 1961
name: label: maker
content: Bendix
notes: label: Description
content: ALGO was a compiling system that automatically translated algebraic statements into machine language for the Bendix G-15 computer. This brochure is the 1961 operating manual for the compiler. The cover is stamped in the right hand corner: HARRY D. HUSKEY (/) VELMA R. HUSKEY (/) 2655 BUENA VISTA WAY (/) BERKLEY 8, CALIF.
label: Description
content: A comment on the first inside page reads: "Algo follows the principles laid down for the universal algebraic computer language Algol, proposed for international use by computer organizations in America and abroad. The Bendix Corporation is happy to cooperate with the Association for Computing Machinery and with the other members of the Algol committee by being the first manufacturer to introduce a programming system patterned on their proposal."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry D. and Velma R. Huskey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3106.44
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3106.44
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3106
objectType: label: Object Name
content: documentation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 11 in; 21.59 cm x 27.94 cm