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Lot 1076

BRLESC
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25 October 2022, 14:00 EDT
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BRLESC

7 items:
1. CAMPBELL, LLOYD W. & GLENN A. BECK. Memorandum Report No. 1379: The Instruction Code for the BRL Electronic Scientific Computer (BRLESC). Aberdeen, MD: Ballistic Research Laboratories, 1961.
2. ---. Report No. 1229: BRLESC FORTRAN. 1963.
3. ---. Technical Report No. 5: BRLESC I/II FORTRAN. 1970.
4. MERRIT, D.F. & G.R. KLAIR. Technical Report No. 9: Logic Design of BRLESC I Arithmetic Unit. 1971.
5. Operating Procedures of the Computer Support Division (Facilities and Services). [BRLESC I and BRLESC II] 1972.
6. ROMANELLI, M.J. Report No. 1209: Introductory Programming for ORDVAC and BRLESC FORAST (Formula and Assembly Translator). Aberdeen, MD: Ballistic Research Laboratories, 1963.
7. COLEMAN, M.W. & J.V. LANAHAN. Technical Report No. 6: BRLESC FORTRAN Plotting Subroutines. 1970. All in publisher's printed wrappers, bound with staples. Light soiling, wear and some creases.
Provenance: "Skeet" (ownership signature to one volume; Winifred S. Jonas, ENIAC/EDVAC/ORDVAC programmer at BRL.

The BRLESC (Ballistic Research Laboratories Electronic Scientific Computer), which became operational in 1962, was one of the last of the first generation of electronic computers as a successor to the EDVAC and ORDVAC. BRLESC II, which used integrated circuits, became operational in November 1967. In-house publications rarely seen on the market.

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