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Old 18th Jun 2008, 9:35 am   #1
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Default 1500-valve computer

Nice BBC film extract of early computer in 1948.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7458479.stm
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Old 18th Jun 2008, 11:04 am   #2
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Default Re: 1500-valve computer

That's MU1. Do a search on Manchester Museum of Science and Technology. They've got a rebuild of her that they run every week.

IIRC there was a competition for the best program to run on her when they built her. Someone who did an egg timer won it.

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Old 18th Jun 2008, 1:09 pm   #3
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Someone who did an egg timer won it.
Presumably that someone was Bill Gates

Interesting video clip - complete with monster Cossor scope in the background. Wish you could actually see what was being read from the CRT when it was giving the calculation result.

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Old 18th Jun 2008, 2:34 pm   #4
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Have a look at www.computer50.org this goes into it in great detail.

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