Microprogramming

Abstract

Before going into the subject matter of this paper, the author will report, briefly, the state of the digital computer art in Britain. Just before leaving England for Philadelphia, the author attended an electronic computer exhibition which opened in London. This was the first exhibition of its kind to be held in Europe. It was a genuine computer exhibition, not only an exhibition of computer components, and there were 11 stored-program digital computers being demonstrated. The exhibition was at Olympia, a large exhibition building in the west of London, where many of the big exhibitions are held. The computers were not occupying the largest hall at Olympia, but, nevertheless, it is a source of pride to those who have been associated with the British computer industry that it should be possible to stage an exhibition on such a scale.