http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/timeline
And this paper describes their use of a digital computer as if it were rather routine:
Sternberg, J., Stillo, H. & Schwendeman, R. (1960). Spectrophotometric Analysis of Multicomponent Systems Using the
Least Squares Method in Matrix Form. Analytical Chemistry 32, 84-90.
Jacob Keller wrote:
> Were there really no computers in 1963?
>
> JPK
>
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 9:51 AM, David Schuller <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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> http://eventheodd.blogspot.in/2013/01/golden-jubilee-of-ramachandran-plot.html
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>
> Golden Jubilee of Ramachandran Plot
> <http://eventheodd.blogspot.in/2013/01/golden-jubilee-of-ramachandran-plot.html>
>
> "Exactly fifty years from now i.e. in the year 1963, G. N. Ramachandran et. al published breakthrough original
> research in Journal of Molecular Biology. Ramachandran plot still remains a touchstone for protein form and
> structure (example, in validating a homology models). This plot is remarkable because it came ahead of time (it was
> proposed in 1963 when there were no computers, mechanical calculators were the cutting edge of technology)
> ..."
>
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