The B-205 at PUC-Rio. History of the first computer to operate in a Brazilian university

Author

Neves, M.D.S. ; Byington, S.I. ; von Staa, Arndt

Author_Institution

Nucleo de Memoria da PUC-Rio, Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

fYear

2012

fDate

1-5 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

This article presents data and documents regarding the /Datatron Burroughs B-205/, which was the first computer to operate in a Brazilian university. It was installed at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) in 1960 and was used for scientific and engineering computations. The paper elaborates on the academic, scientific and symbolic meanings of this event to the history of Computer Science in Brazil and, in particular, at PUC-Rio.

Keywords

computer science; educational institutions; Brazilian university; Datatron Burroughs B-205; PUC-Rio; Pontifical Catholic University; Rio de Janeiro; computer history; computer science; engineering computations; scientific computations; Computational modeling; Computer science; Computers; Educational institutions; History; Manuals; Medical services; Computer Science in Brazil; Datatron Burroughs B-205; PUC-Rio; history and memory of Computer Science; university and Computer Science;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Informatica (CLEI), 2012 XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana En

Conference_Location

Medellin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0794-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEI.2012.6426924

Filename

6426924