The photograph on the cover of the currentr issue was taken by IBM's stuff photographer George Dunbar in 1964. It depices IBM's 36 King Street West office in Toronto.
DATAR: the Daring, the Hidden, and the Forgotten
Imagine uncovering top-secret records of a convoy of warships equipped with computers
that communicated over a wireless digital network at a time when no such networks existed anywhere else in the world, when the very few computers in existence were too large and too fragile to be moved around, not to mention their utter unsuitability for operation on ships battered by waves. But in 1953, just such a convoy packed with state-of-the-art Canadian-made computing equipment did sail the waters of Lake Ontario in a top-secret demonstration of a computerize system called DATAR...
Computing History Canada is a publication of York University Computer Museum. From building the foundations of the Canadian computer industry to designing world's iconic products, from computers in the hands of hobbyists and children to those creating cutting edge software and computer art, from computer education to electronic entertainment and digital art — the journal dives deep into the stories of what has made Canadian computing unique and impactful.