[TUHS] Happy birthday, Maurice Wilkes!

[Nemo Nusquam]

On 06/25/18 22:00, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> As I continue to push the boundaries of subjective topicism, I'd like to
> mention that today was when Sir Maurice Wilkes FRS FReng was born way
> back in 1913.

And I really wish that MIT Press would reprint his Memoirs.

N.

>
> He had a bit to do with EDSAC, microprogramming, and that sort of thing.
>
> And dmmmit, I missed Alan Turing's birthday last Saturday (23rd June,
> 1912),
> and Komrad Zuse's back in 22nd June, 1910, along with the Qwerty keyboard
> being patented by one Christopher Sholes back in 1868 (long story).
>
> -- Dave