[SIGCIS-Members] Ireland’s Forgotten Computer Pioneer

[Brian Randell]

Hi:

The Irish Times has just published an article by Karlin Lillington on the recent ceremony in Dublin at which a Historic Blue Plaque honouring Percy Ludgate. The article is online at: https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2022/11/03/karlin-lillington-irelands-forgotten-computer-pioneer/ 

Brian Coghlan's much more detailed account of the event is at:
https://www.scss.tcd.ie/SCSSTreasuresCatalog/literature/TCD-SCSS-V.20221015.001/TCD-SCSS-V.20221015.001.pdf

(Warning - the lengthy videos of the event that are currently available suffer from performance problems, and wind noises affect their soundtracks badly.) 

Cheers

Brian Randell



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