Contents

what goes into the talk

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• introduction
• why memories?
• early days
• first electronic computer
• bizarre and British
• the first true "Von Neumann" machine
• generations
• the issues that won't die
• the modern era
• trends
• where next?
• net resources

Memories are Made of This 17:30 Thurs 12 September 1996 SHB5, Senate House, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa