http://scanlines.net/taxonomy/term/35/all en http://scanlines.net/event/commissioning-silliac <!-- template content-field-field_subtype --> <!-- template content-field_field_subtype - yes in there --> <!-- template content-field --> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-activity"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date date-activity date-start">12 September</span> <span class="date field-field-activity date-activity date-start date-year">1956</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>(Presumably as part of the training process) the ABC OB van was used as an integral part of the dedication ceremony for the SILLIAC computer at University of Sydney, 12th September 1956.</p> <!-- template content-field --> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Author&nbsp;</div> Stephen Jones </div> </div> </div> <!-- template content-field --> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-group"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <!-- template content-field --> <div class="field field-type-emimage field-field-embed-image"> <div class="field-label">Image&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="/sites/default/files/emimage-custom_url-http:--www.physics.usyd.edu.au-images-content-about-dunlop2.jpg.jpg" alt="" title="" width="500" height="*" class="custom_url" /> </div> </div> </div> ABC Computer history SILLIAC Sydney University of Sydney Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:20:24 +0000 stephen 708 at http://scanlines.net http://scanlines.net/event/olympics-broadcast <!-- template content-field-field_subtype --> <!-- template content-field_field_subtype - yes in there --> <!-- template content-field --> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-activity"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date date-activity date-start">22 November</span> <span class="date field-field-activity date-activity date-start date-year">1956</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>ABC Outside Broadcast van used to broadcast the Melbourne Olympics. Ran from 22ndNovember to 8 th December 1956.</p> <!-- template content-field --> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Author&nbsp;</div> ABC </div> </div> </div> <!-- template content-field --> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-group"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Group </div> </div> </div> <!-- template content-field --> <div class="field field-type-emimage field-field-embed-image"> <div class="field-label">Image&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="/sites/default/files/emimage-custom_url-http:--www.abc.net.au-reslib-200808-r283574_1206279.jpg.jpg" alt="" title="" width="500" height="*" class="custom_url" /> </div> </div> </div> ABC Broadcast television Olympics Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:20:24 +0000 stephen 707 at http://scanlines.net http://scanlines.net/event/abc <!-- template content-field-field_subtype --> <!-- template content-field_field_subtype - yes in there --> <!-- template content-field --> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-activity"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date date-activity date-start">19 November</span> <span class="date field-field-activity date-activity date-start date-year">1956</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>first Melbourne broadcast took place two weeks later, just in time for ABC-TV's coverage of the 1956 Olympic Games.</p> <!-- template content-field --> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Author&nbsp;</div> ABC </div> </div> </div> ABC Broadcast television Melbourne television history Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:20:24 +0000 stephen 712 at http://scanlines.net http://scanlines.net/event/launch-abc <!-- template content-field-field_subtype --> <!-- template content-field_field_subtype - yes in there --> <!-- template content-field --> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-activity"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date date-activity date-start"> 5 November</span> <span class="date field-field-activity date-activity date-start date-year">1956</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>Inauguration of the ABC's first television broadcast by Prime Minister Menzies.</p> <!-- template content-field --> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Author&nbsp;</div> ABC </div> </div> </div> ABC Broadcast television Sydney television history Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:20:24 +0000 stephen 711 at http://scanlines.net