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GE-225 System Selected

Thomas E. Kurtz, John G. Kemeny

In the spring, Kemeny and Kurtz selected the General Electric 225 computer and the DATANET 30 as the hardware for the development of the time-sharing system. Kemeny used a GE-225 in the Boston area to develop the prototype BASIC compiler. In the fall, Kurtz and Mike Busch '66 went to Phoenix, Arizona, to learn how to program the equipment.

Library Committee

Students in College Hall

A committee on the "Implications of Modern Electronic Data Processing Equipment for the Dartmouth College Libraries" was formed.

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