Dear Colleagues, This paper on the early days of crystallographic computing will be of relevance:- http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/classics1980/A1980JR22900001.pdf Greetings, John
Prof John R Helliwell DSc On 20 Jan 2013, at 06:38, "Edward A. Berry" <[email protected]> wrote: > Edward A. Berry wrote: >> http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/timeline >> >> And this paper describes their use of a digital computer as if it were >> rather routine: >> Sternberg, J., Stillo, H. & Schwendeman, R. (1960). Spectrophotometric >> Analysis of Multicomponent Systems Using the >> Least Squares Method in Matrix Form. Analytical Chemistry 32, 84-90. >> > Well, not exactly routine by today's standards. I was going by memory- actual > description is: > "The matrix inversions were . . . carried out on the MISTIC Computer at > Michigan State University." > "The assistance of Susann Brimmer in carrying out the calculations on the > MISTIC computer is gratefully acknowledged."
