* [COFF] EDSAC replica switched on
@ 2019-11-25 21:48 dave
2019-11-26 13:22 ` mparson
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From: dave @ 2019-11-25 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
A replica of EDSAC, the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator, was
switched on at Bletchley Park on this day in 2014; EDSAC was the first
practical general purpose stored program electronic computer (and how's that
for hair-splitting?).
-- Dave
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* [COFF] EDSAC replica switched on
2019-11-25 21:48 [COFF] EDSAC replica switched on dave
@ 2019-11-26 13:22 ` mparson
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From: mparson @ 2019-11-26 13:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
On 2019-11-25 15:48, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> A replica of EDSAC, the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator,
> was switched on at Bletchley Park on this day in 2014; EDSAC was the
> first practical general purpose stored program electronic computer
> (and how's that for hair-splitting?).
The <computerphile> youtube channel has a few videos on the EDSAC,
including a couple specifically about this build.
https://youtu.be/C97MtJWDNX8
https://youtu.be/Yc945sNB0uA
--
Michael Parson
Pflugerville, TX
KF5LGQ
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* [COFF] EDSAC replica switched on
@ 2018-11-25 22:08 dave
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From: dave @ 2018-11-25 22:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
A replica of EDSAC, the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator, was
switched on at Bletchley Park on this day in 2014; EDSAC was the first
practical general purpose stored program electronic computer (and how's
that for hair-splitting?).
-- Dave
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