Geoff Tootill Computer Pioneer
My final "catch up" post here is to flag up an obit for Mr T in today's Guardian.
He's died aged 95 and it is accompanied by a rather good colour photo of the computation device that became known as 'Baby' [complete with valves rack mounted upside down!] He was apparently brought up and educated in Birmingham but born in Chadderton [Oldham] to which he must have returned while working in the Ferranti organisation at one point. It mentions that he built radios as a youngster like many of his contemporaries and progressed through war time Radar Work to developing a computer. Dave W |
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Light bulbs (the proper filament type) where designed to run "cap up" to reduce darkening by volatilised tungsten. I would have thought that valves run that way up would be more prone to electrode leaks.
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