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2012-11-22 Science

World's oldest digital computer restarted

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Posted by Au Auric 2012-11-22 01:24|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [479 views ] Top

#1 Immune to EMP?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2012-11-22 11:50|| 2012-11-22 11:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Behold, the original digital Mark I computer.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-11-22 12:08|| 2012-11-22 12:08|| Front Page Top

#3 @Mullah Richard

Faaaaaaar more than transistor-based computers.

Posted by JFM 2012-11-22 18:09|| 2012-11-22 18:09|| Front Page Top

#4 What about Babbage

Posted by Cheaderhead 2012-11-22 18:15|| 2012-11-22 18:15|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't believe Babbage was able to get his calculating machine to actually work :(.

Posted by CrazyFool 2012-11-22 18:31|| 2012-11-22 18:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Correction - a machine built to his design did eventually work - but not until recently. See the wikiledia page.

Posted by CrazyFool 2012-11-22 18:34|| 2012-11-22 18:34|| Front Page Top

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