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    Jane Griffin and Martin Graham in front of R1 computer, Rice University Computer Project

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    Date
    circa 1959
    Abstract
    In 1956, three Rice University faculty members, Zevi Salsburg, John Kilpatrick, and Larry Biedenharn, brought supercomputing to the school for the first time in the form of the R1 computer. While it wasn’t the first computer at Rice, it was the university’s first large computational research computer. At the time, the researchers couldn’t simply go out and purchase a mammoth supercomputer; they literally had to design and build the R1 themselves. The R1 took up a large amount of space on the second floor of the Abercrombie Engineering Building.
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    Jane Griffin and Martin Graham in front of the R1 computer. Jane Griffin is sitting at the control terminal. Martin Graham standing behind her and holding a cup of coffee. Original resource is a black and white photograph.
    Citation
    "Jane Griffin and Martin Graham in front of R1 computer, Rice University Computer Project." (1959) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71813.
    Keyword
    Events; William M. Rice Institute. Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory; Computer scientists--Texas--Houston; Computers--Texas--Houston; Rice University--History
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    Rice University
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71813
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    Rights to this material belong to Rice University. This digital version is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Permission to examine physical and digital collection items does not imply permission for publication. Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center / Special Collections has made these materials available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any uses beyond the spirit of Fair Use require permission from owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See http://library.rice.edu/guides/publishing-wrc-materials
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    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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