I'm responsible for several popular websites, including:
Frank da Cruz
fdc@columbia.edu
31 January 2019
Languages: 50 (see above) Pages with translations: 25 (see below) Total translations: 199
Last updated: Fri Feb 21 08:30:56 2020
If you would like to translate a page to a new language, send me email at the address above. Guidelines: § Check the page you want to translate to make sure it hasn't already been translated into the same language. § Translations should be done by a competent speaker of the given language, not Google Translate. § The translated document should be in standard HTML (not Microsoft Word or other corporate format). § The link to the translated document should arrive at it directly, without any intermedediate steps such as signing in to Google or Facebook. § If the original page contains references (to books or other websites), these do not need to be translated. § It's OK to request linking to a commercial site, but please: no phishing or other hostile sites, no porn, no aggressive popups, etc. § There is no charge for installing the links and credits, and no money can be paid by me for the translations. § Your translation should link back to the original page. § Your translated page should announce its language in the <lang=xx> attribute, where xx is the ISO 6391-1 language code (see list). § You should supply the following information about your translation so I can link to it:
Pages that have been translated as of the "updated" date above are shown in the table below. Click each link to see the languages each page has been translated to so far. Click a language name at the top to see which pages have been translated into that language. Entries in italics are popular pages that have no translations yet.
| kermitproject.org/: The Kermit Communications Software Project | ||
| Page and link | Title | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| index.html | Kermit Project home page | Overview and links to individual pages |
| kermit.html | About Kermit | The Kermit Project, sofware, and protocol. |
| ftpclient.html | Kermit's scriptable FTP client | For Unix, Windows, and other platforms |
| ek.html | Embedded Kermit | Kermit software for embedding |
| sshclient.html | Kermit 95 for Windows | K95's SSH Client |
| usingckermit.html | Using C-Kermit Second Edition | About the C-Kermit book |
|
columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/: The History of Computing at Columbia University | ||
| Page and link | Title | Topic |
| Herman Hollerith | ||
| hollerith.html | Herman Hollerith | The father of modern automated computing |
| hh/index.html | An Electric Tabulating System | Hollerith's PhD Dissertation (1890 Census) |
| IBM Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory at Columbia University 1945-1970 | ||
| watsonlab.html | Watson Laboratory | Brief overview of Watson Laboratory |
| krawitz.html | Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory | 1949 article by Eleanor Krawitz |
| Wallace Eckert | ||
| eckert.html | Wallace Eckert | Pioneer in automated scientific computation |
| switch.html | Eckert's switch box | The first automated scientific calculations 1934 |
| navalobservatory.html | Wallace Eckert in WWII | Eckert's time at the US Naval Observatory |
| almanac.html | Naval Observatory Almanacs | Automating the WWII Air and Nautical Almanacs |
| tableprinter.html | Table printer | The first "computer typesetting" 1945 |
| Other Watson Lab personalities | ||
| backus.html | John Backus | Pioneer in computer programming languages |
| grosch.html | Herb Grosch | Computer pioneer and commentator |
| course.html | Eric Hankam's 3-Week Course on Computing | Pioneering open-enrollment computer course 1947-1957 |
| Early computers | ||
| eniac.html | ENIAC (1946) | How ENIAC was programmed mainly by women |
| ssec.html | IBM's SSEC (1948) | Massive computer built at Watson Lab |
| norc.html | IBM's NORC (1954) | The first supercomputer, built at Watson Lab |
| 610.html | IBM 610 Auto-Point (1954) | The first personal computer, also built at Watson Lab |
| 650.html | IBM 650 MDC (1954) | The first mass-produced computer |
| Punched-card equipment | ||
| tabulators.html | Tabulators (Accounting Machines) | Precursors to modern computers |
| 1890tabulator.html | Hollerith's 1890 Census tabulator | The first tabulator |
| sorters.html | Card sorters | To put decks of punched cards in any desired order |
| firstpunch.html | The first card punch | Pantographic card punch - 1890 and 1900 censuses |
| oldpunch.html | Old card punches | 1890-1934 |
| 026.html | IBM 026 key punch | Introduced in 1949 |
| 029.html | IBM 029 key punch | Introduced in 1964 |
| interpreters.html | IBM Card Interpreters | To print interpreation of codes across top of card |
| reproducers.html | IBM Summary punches | To extract selected information from a deck of cards |
| 405.html | IBM Tabulator (1934) | Introduced in 1934, served in World War II |
| 407.html | The IBM 407 (1949) | IBM's last tabulator |
| collators.html | IBM Collators | To merge decks of punched cards |
| Other... | ||
| ibmradiotype.html | IBM Radiotype | Short-wave typewriter and its role in World War II |
| pupin.html | Pupin Hall | Where the Manhattan Project started |
| 7090.html | IBM 7090/7094 coupled system | Columbia's main computer 1963-68 |
| 36091.html | IBM 360/75/91 coupled system | Columbia's main computer 1968-1980 |
| dec20.html | The DECSYSTEM-20 | Columbia's central academic computers 1977-88 |
|
kermitproject.org/newdeal/: The New Deal in New York City | ||
| Page and link | Title | Topic |
| index.html | NYC New Deal Home Page | Links to NYC New Deal galleries and research |
| overview.html | NYC New Deal overview | The New Deal and what it did in New York City |
|
Columbia University 1968 student uprising (no translations yet) | ||
| Page and link | Title | Topic |
| index.html | Columbia University 1968 | The anti-war anti-racism student uprising, April 1968 |