IFIP TC6 Open Digital Library

History of Nordic Computing 2007: Turku, Finland

History of Nordic Computing 2 - Second IFIP WG 9.7 Conference, HiNC2, Turku, Finland, August 21-23, 2007, Revised Selected Papers

John Impagliazzo, Timo Järvi, Petri Paju

Springer, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology 303, ISBN: 978-3-642-03756-6



Contents

Organizing the History of Computing - 'Lessons Learned' at the Charles Babbage Institute.

Thomas J. Misa

 1-12

Provisioning of Safe Train Control in Nordic Countries.

Harold W. Lawson

 13-28

Computing and Computer Science in the Soviet Baltic Region.

Enn Tyugu

 29-37

What Do IT-People Know about the Nordic History of Computers and User Interfaces? - A Preliminary Survey.

Anker Helms Jørgensen

 38-44

Increasing the Museum Value of Information Technology Objects - The Case of the Finnish Data Processing Museum Association.

Emmi Tittonen

 45-54

Preserving Our Digital Heritage: Experiences from the Pelikonepeijoonit Project.

Mikko Heinonen, Markku Reunanen

 55-64

From Computing Machines to IT - Collecting, Documenting, and Preserving Source Material on Swedish IT-History.

Per Lundin

 65-73

Agentization in Computing: How to Ameliorate the Consequences of the History Today?

Kai K. Kimppa, Janne Lahtiranta, Markku I. Nurminen

 74-83

Computer Fiction: "A Logic Named Joe" - Towards Investigating the Importance of Science Fiction in the Historical Development of Computing.

David L. Ferro, Eric Swedin

 84-94

Annotations of First Generation Systems Development in Sweden.

Janis A. Bubenko Jr.

 95-105

Centralized versus Decentralized Information Systems - A Historical Flashback.

Mats-Åke Hugoson

 106-115

Scientific Computers at the Helsinki University of Technology during the Post Pioneering Stage.

Panu Nykänen, Hans Andersin

 116-120

Tool or Science? The History of Computing at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Ola Nordal

 121-129

The Development of University Computing in Sweden 1965-1985.

Ingemar Dahlstrand

 130-137

Information Processing - Administrative Data Processing - The First Courses at KTH and SU, 1966-67.

Janis A. Bubenko Jr.

 138-148

FORTRAN II - The First Computer Language Used at the University of Iceland.

Oddur Benediktsson

 149-155

The Development of Computer Policies in Government, Political Parties, and Trade Unions in Norway 1961-1983.

Knut Elgsaas, Håvard Hegna

 156-170

Computer Industry as a National Task - The Finnish Computer Project and the Question of State Involvement in the 1970s.

Petri Paju

 171-184

Information Systems and Software Engineering Research and Education in Oulu until the 1990s.

Henry Oinas-Kukkonen, Pentti Kerola, Harri Oinas-Kukkonen, Jouni Similä, Petri Pulli

 185-194

The Impact of Computer Science on the Development of Oulu ICT during 1985-1990.

Henry Oinas-Kukkonen, Jouni Similä, Petri Pulli, Harri Oinas-Kukkonen, Pentti Kerola

 195-208

Reflections of Computing Experiences in a Steel Factory in the Early 1960s.

Pertti Järvinen

 209-216

Early Use of the Computer for Adjusting Triangulation in Iceland.

Gunnar Thorbergsson

 217-224

Data Processing with Unit Record Equipment in Iceland.

Óttar Kjartansson

 225-229

Computerized Typesetting and Other New Applications in a Publishing House.

Timo Järvi

 230-237

The Early Days of Computer Aided Newspaper Production Systems.

Nils Enlund, Hans E. Andersin

 238-249

Modernizing Text and Data Networks in the Early 1980s.

Ossi Väänänen, Olli Mertanen

 250-257

Lexicography for IBM - Developing Norwegian Linguistic Resources in the 1980s.

Jan Engh

 258-270

The Development of Software Testing in Finland 1950-2000.

Pentti A. Pohjolainen

 271-282

An Early Danish Computer Game - The Case of Nim, Piet Hein, and Regnecentralen.

Anker Helms Jørgensen

 283-288

Demoscene Platforms: A Case Study on the Adoption of Home Computers.

Markku Reunanen, Antti Silvast

 289-301

IT Museums and Related Projects in the Nordic Countries - Summary of a Panel Discussion.

Jaakko Suominen, Kimmo Antila, Peter Blom, Ola Nordal, Outi Penninkangas

 302-309

University Education on Computers - Summary of a Panel Discussion.

Reino Kurki-Suonio, Oddur Benediktsson, Janis A. Bubenko Jr., Ingemar Dahlstrand, Christian Gram, John Impagliazzo

 310-321