A. D. Booth - Revision history

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	* Came up with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth%27s_multiplication_algorithm Booth's Algorithm] in 1950, for multiplying two signed binary numbers in 2's complement.		* Came up with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth%27s_multiplication_algorithm Booth's Algorithm] in 1950, for multiplying two signed binary numbers in 2's complement.

	==~~=References=~~==		==External links==

			* [https://history.computer.org/pioneers/pdfs/B/Booth%20AD.pdf Andrew Donald Booth] - brief biography at the IEEE Computer Society
	* [http://www.i-programmer.info/history/people/1253-andrew-booth.html Andrew Booth and the ARC]		* [http://www.i-programmer.info/history/people/1253-andrew-booth.html Andrew Booth and the ARC]
	* [http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~williams/ComputerPioneersWebVersion/pdfs/B/Booth%20AD.pdf A.D. Booth, Computer Pioneer]		* [http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~williams/ComputerPioneersWebVersion/pdfs/B/Booth%20AD.pdf A.D. Booth, Computer Pioneer]
	* [http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/about-us/our-history/the-work-of-professor-andrew-d-booth/ The work of Professor Andrew D. Booth]		* [http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/about-us/our-history/the-work-of-professor-andrew-d-booth/ The work of Professor Andrew D. Booth]

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	~~A.D.~~ Booth PhD wrote a number of articles during the early 1950's about the design of circuits for computers and about the computers at Birkbeck college Electonic Computation Laboratory. ~~He appears to claim to have operated the first magnetic store in November 1947~~		Andrew Dondald Booth (1918-2009) PhD wrote a number of articles during the early 1950's about the design of circuits for computers and about the computers at Birkbeck college Electonic Computation Laboratory.

	~~He also mentions~~ in his ~~articles~~ about the Norwegian ~~Computer believed to be the~~ [[NUSSE]].		* Designed the A.R.C. (1947-1949), an Automatic Relay Computer. Some more details about it can be found in an A.D. Booth [http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/acl/literature/manuals/cambridge/p005.htm paper] from 1949, presented by ''Kathleen Britten'' (later ''Booth''), who worked with A.D. Booth on several of his computers (he built them, she programmed them). The A.R.C., or ARC, initially used a Booth-designed nickel-covered 2" brass cylinder with 21 data tracks and one clock track, which could store 256 20-bit words.
			* Produced the [http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/about-us/our-history/aperc/ All Purpose Electronic Computer] (London) in 1952. The APERC was one of the APE(X)C series of machines, where (X) stood for 'sponsors name'. The Norwegian [[NUSSE]] computer is modelled after the APE(X)C.
			* Came up with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth%27s_multiplication_algorithm Booth's Algorithm] in 1950, for multiplying two signed binary numbers in 2's complement.

	~~{{stub}}~~		===References===
			* [http://www.i-programmer.info/history/people/1253-andrew-booth.html Andrew Booth and the ARC]
			* [http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~williams/ComputerPioneersWebVersion/pdfs/B/Booth%20AD.pdf A.D. Booth, Computer Pioneer]
			* [http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/about-us/our-history/the-work-of-professor-andrew-d-booth/ The work of Professor Andrew D. Booth]

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	A.D. Booth PhD wrote a number of articles during the early 1950's about the design of circuits for computers and about the computers at Birkbeck college Electonic Computation Laboratory. He appears to claim to have operated the first magnetic store in November 1947		A.D. Booth PhD wrote a number of articles during the early 1950's about the design of circuits for computers and about the computers at Birkbeck college Electonic Computation Laboratory. He appears to claim to have operated the first magnetic store in November 1947

			He also mentions in his articles about the Norwegian Computer believed to be the [[NUSSE]].

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The first magnetic Store (until we know different!)

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A.D. Booth PhD wrote a number of articles during the early 1950's about the design of circuits for computers and about the computers at Birkbeck college Electonic Computation Laboratory. He appears to claim to have operated the first magnetic store in November 1947

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