From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: szigiszabolcs@gmail.com (SZIGETI Szabolcs) Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 20:13:30 +0100 Subject: [TUHS] Some notes on running UNIX v6 in 2015, using SimH and a healthy dose of documentation In-Reply-To: References: <565F64A6.9080103@gmail.com> <20151203002042.GA7042@www.oztivo.net> <565FAADA.3040401@gmail.com> <565FC283.20704@gmail.com> <20151203060503.GB93851@server.rulingia.com> <20151204063819.GC58889@eureka.lemis.com> <20151204145218.GC24075@mercury.ccil.org> Message-ID: Hi, Don't forget the Zuse machines, which were later proven to be Turing complete. It is certainly fascinating to see handling binary floating point numbers in a purely mechanical device (check it out if you happen to be in Berlin). Later machines were electromechanical and electronics. Regards, Szabolcs > > 2015.12.04. 15:52 ezt írta ("John Cowan" ): >> >> Greg 'groggy' Lehey scripsit: >> >> > Take a look at CSIRAC in the Melbourne museum, the oldest computer in >> > the world. It's worth it, even if they don't have it running. >> >> Well, there's the Antikythera mechanism. >> >> -- >> John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan at ccil.org >> In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side >> with the giants on whose shoulders we stand. --Gerald Holton >> _______________________________________________ >> TUHS mailing list >> TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org >> https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: