As anybody got information on the early (1960's) planning software, programming language used and machines used to run them and main players?
Early planning software
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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
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
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.
Raph Dua and Pat Weaver would be good to contact for information about this.