How the World’s First Computer Was Rescued From the Scrap Heap
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#2ENIAC? Zuse Z3!
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#3ENIAC? Zuse Z3!
Zuse Z3? Babbage's Analytical Engine!
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#4ENIAC? Zuse Z3!
I thought it would be about the Analytical Engine.
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#7Atanasoff-Berry computer (1939)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanasoff%E2%80%93Berry_comput...
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#8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer
An although it is only a replica the Colossus at Bletchley Park actually functions, unlike the ENIAC restoration.
Also of note is that by the end of the war the GC&CS had 10 working Colossi.
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#9Nice!
Slightly OT but reminded me of an article from HN from a couple of years ago about old(er) computers that are still in operation so I've reposted it [0] for those who missed it last time around.
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#10> Gleason realized early on that he couldn’t make his portion of ENIAC run actual calculations—such an endeavor would require all 40 panels, not to mention thousands of new components and technical know-how that had long been forgotten. But he resolved to make the computer at least appear like it was hard at work figuring out the best flight paths for howitzer shells.
That's a bit disappointing. I guess it's nice you can at least see it though.