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Guide to the Stanford University Medical Experimental Computer Resource (SUMEX) Records SC1248

Daniel Hartwig & Jenny Johnson Department of Special Collections and University Archives January 2018 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Guide to the Stanford University SC1248 1 Medical Experimental Computer Resource (SUMEX) Records SC... Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Stanford University Medical Experimental Computer Resource (SUMEX) records Identifier/Call Number: SC1248 Physical Description: 33 Linear Feet Date (inclusive): 1975-1991 Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc. Conditions Governing Access Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy. Conditions Governing Use All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Immediate Source of Acquisition Transfer, 2008. Preferred Citation Stanford University Medical Experimental Computer Resource (SUMEX) records (SC1248). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Subjects and Indexing Terms Artificial intelligence -- History. -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area Medical applications

SUMEX-AIM (Stanford University Medical Experimental Computer for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine) TENEX computer files Accession ARCH-2007-156 1974-1983 Physical Description: 18739.2 megabyte(s)(246,431 files in 5,218 directories) Scope and Contents The SUMEX-AIM network was a nationally-shared computing resource devoted entirely to designing AI applications for the biomedical sciences. Headed by Ed Feigenbaum and Joshua Lederberg, it demonstrated the power of the ARPAnet for scientific collaboration. SUMEX-AIM was built using LISP (INTERLISP), one of the earliest high-level programming languages, which introduced many ideas such as garbage collection, recursive functions, symbolic expressions, and dynamic type-checking. INTERLISP was a programming environment built around a version of the Lisp programming language. Interlisp development began in 1967 at Bolt, Beranek and Newman in Cambridge, Massachusetts as BBN LISP, which ran on PDP-10 machines running the TENEX operating system. When Danny Bobrow, Warren Teitelman and Ronald Kaplan moved from BBN to Xerox PARC, it was renamed Interlisp. Interlisp became a popular Lisp development tool for AI researchers at Stanford University and elsewhere in the DARPA community. Interlisp was notable for the integration of interactive development tools into the environment, such as a debugger, an automatic correction tool for simple errors (DWIM - "do what I mean"), and analysis tools. Access to Collection The materials are restricted. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

SUMEX Data printouts

Guide to the Stanford University SC1248 2 Medical Experimental Computer Resource (SUMEX) Records SC... SUMEX Data printouts

Box 1 Book 4; Archive Listing (even); Tape 302-400 1977 Oct 4-1978 Nov 13 Box 2 Printouts Box 3 Book 5; Archive Listing (odd); Tapes 401-499 1979 Nov 22-1979 Dec 12 Box 4 Book 2; Archive Listing (even); Tapes 102-200 1976 Apr 5-1976 Dec 22 Box 5 Printouts 1977 Box 6 Final Tenex Dump 1983 Feb 25 Box 7 Archive Listing (ODD) 1-99 1974 Apr 19-1976 Mar 27 Box 8 Archive Listing (EVEN) 2-100 1974 Apr 19-1976 Mar 27 Box 9 Archive Listing (ODD) 101-199 1976 Apr 5-1976 Dec 22 Box 10 Archive Listing (ODD) 201-299 1976 Dec 28-1977 Sep 19 Box 11 Archive Listing (EVEN) 202-300 1976 Dec 28-1977 Sep 17 Box 12 Archive Listing (ODD) 301-399 1977 Oct 4-1978 Nov 13 Box 13 Archive Listing (EVEN) 402-500 1978 Nov 22-1979 Dec 12 Box 14 Archive Listing (EVEN) 502-600 1979 Dec 18-1980 Oct 3 Box 15 Archive Listing (EVEN) 602-700 1980 Oct 3-1981 May 20 Box 15 Archive Listing 702-800 Box 14 Loose data printouts Box 10 Killed directories Box 16 Loose data printouts Box 17 KS Documentation Box 17 Loose data printouts Box 17 Data printouts 1976 Jan Box 17 Transition notes 2060-SUN-4 Box 17 Final Tenex Dump Box 17 Unitech Box 18 Reports old grant applications Box 19 Reports old grant applications Box 20 Data 1982 Jul Box 20 Full dump 1979 Jan Box 20 Data 1978 Jan Box 21 Loose data printouts Box 22 Loose data printouts

Guide to the Stanford University SC1248 3 Medical Experimental Computer Resource (SUMEX) Records SC...