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As anybody got information on the early (1960's) planning software, programming language used and machines used to run them and main players?
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    Santosh Bhat ·
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    Raph Dua and Pat Weaver would

    Raph Dua and Pat Weaver would be good to contact for information about this.

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    Patrick Weaver ·
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    Hi Peter,Some useful

    Hi Peter,

    Some useful resources are at: https://mosaicprojects.com.au/PMKI-ZSY-020.php

    There would be some merit in tabulating the software and systems, but I'm not sure how vaiable this is - happy to contribute. 

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    Peter Holroyd ·
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    Patrick,a quick look at the

    Patrick,

    a quick look at the literature 

    Programmimg Languages between 1950 and 1970

    1957 Fortran

    1958 Algol

    1959 Cobol

    1964 Basic

    1970 Pascal

    Main frame computers

    1960 PDP - 1 DEC

    1961 IBM 7000 series start

    1961 IBM 1400 series start

    But who programmed what PC Applications on which machines?

    Peter

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    Patrick Weaver ·
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    A brief history of the Micro

    A brief history of the Micro Planner software (UK) can be found at: https://mosaicprojects.com.au/Company_People_MPI.php

    They had software on the Apple II (1978)  IBM PCs were early 1980s with 'windows' being released in 1984. 

    Other tools from the UK in the same time period included Plantrack and Hornet. USA: InstaPlan, Microsoft Project, the original Pertmaster (maybe UK), Timeline and literally dozens of others.

    Primavera was founded in May 1983 by: Dick Faris, Joel Koppelman and Les Seskin 

     

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