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Britain's Oldest Computer Comes Back To Life
Britain's Oldest Computer Comes Back To Life
It was designed in 1949, first ran in 1951 and performed mathematical calculations at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in Harwell, Oxfordshire. picked by suebe 6 months ago
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 DerAlt
6 months ago
How would this compare to one of todays personal computers? If such a comparison is possible.


"The machine was a relay-based computer using 900 Dekatron gas-filled tubes that could each hold a single digit in memory - similar to RAM in a modern computer - and paper tape for both input and program storage."
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 suebe
6 months ago
« DerAlt : How would this compare to one of todays personal computers? If such a comparison is possible.


"The machine was a relay-based computer using 900 Dekatron gas-filled tubes that could each hold a single digit in memory - similar to RAM in a modern computer - and paper tape for both input and program storage."
I still have a sense of wonder about all the advances in computing technology.

My first experiences were with Hollerith punch cards. Then mag cards that stored a single page of text.

And now...I watch 3 year olds surfing the net.
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 GaryTabl...
6 months ago
Its amazing to see just how big those old computers were, and then to look at my mobile phone and think wow this has more memory.
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 kakana
6 months ago
« DerAlt : How would this compare to one of todays personal computers? If such a comparison is possible.


"The machine was a relay-based computer using 900 Dekatron gas-filled tubes that could each hold a single digit in memory - similar to RAM in a modern computer - and paper tape for both input and program storage."
I'm thinking that it would be pretty stupid compared to a current PC. 900 bits, not much memory. Paper tape.. holy Moses, try sending a reply to Plime on that!
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