Bound Printout from COBOL Test Program Run December 6, 1960, at RCA
- Description
- COBOL was one of the first programming languages designed to run on computers built by several different manufacturers. In December 1960 programmers at Remington Rand UNIVAC and at RCA successfully ran the same COBOL test programs on a Univac II and an RCA 501 computer.
- This is the printout from the RCA demonstration. It contains two programs. One produces a profit and loss report for a corporation. It is a modification of a program developed by Warren G. Simmons of US Steel for a UNIVAC II.
- According to the printout, the actual program used in the test was written by J. Farinelli. This was probably programmer Joseph D. Farinelli of US Steel. The second program, which computes cash sales and credit balances, was written by Carl H. Thorne Jr. of the General Services Administration for an RCA computer.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1960
- maker
- RCA Corporation
- Place Made
- United States: New Jersey, Cherry Hill
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 16 in x 2 5/16 in; 30.48 cm x 40.64 cm x 5.842 cm
- ID Number
- 2010.3050.2
- catalog number
- 2010.3050.2
- nonaccession number
- 2010.3050
- Credit Line
- Courtesy of Howard Bromberg
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- COBOL
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
Comments
I know Bobby Thorne and we just did a project including Carl H Thorne Jr. He had some very important technological advances.
Braiden
Wed, 2016-03-30 23:46
J. Farinelli (Joseph) was my dad.I remember him talking about this very important project that his group was working on. He used to travel from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia often. He taught me to flow chart when I was just a kid!
Patti
Fri, 2013-07-19 10:44
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Rob Thorne
Fri, 2015-10-23 20:11