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dave walsh · 5th Dec 2017, 1:12 pm

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

5th Dec 2017, 1:12 pm	#1
dave walsh Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ramsbottom (Nr Bury) Lancs or Bexhill (Nr Hastings) Sussex. Posts: 5,817	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 Last edited by dave walsh; 5th Dec 2017 at 1:17 pm.