http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20395212
and a Wiki link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwell_computer
Witch working again
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Witch working again
I know that there a few of you who revel in old computers - here is an article today in the BBC today about the world's oldest working digital computer dating back to 1949 (operational in 1951) which has now been restored back to working order. It takes 10secs to multiply two numbers together! Speedy stuff!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20395212
and a Wiki link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwell_computer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20395212
and a Wiki link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwell_computer
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on" - Winston Churchill.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it" - Joseph Goebbels
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it" - Joseph Goebbels
Re: Witch working again
Very interesting!
When I was twenty, which is 44 years ago, I worked at a Philips computer laboratory where "new" dynamic memories were designed and tested.
Every bit existed of a cored coil and a capacitor element that needed to be refreshed every milliSecond!
Those were the days.............
Nowadays we have Terrabytes by the inch.....
Jan.
When I was twenty, which is 44 years ago, I worked at a Philips computer laboratory where "new" dynamic memories were designed and tested.
Every bit existed of a cored coil and a capacitor element that needed to be refreshed every milliSecond!
Those were the days.............
Nowadays we have Terrabytes by the inch.....
Jan.