Thursday 5 February 2015

Historic EDSAC computer component becomes part of reconstruction



A piece of cybernetic history returned home as a long-lost component of the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), one of the first practical general purpose computers, was returned to Britain from the United States. The electronics chassis was given to the The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) at Bletchley Park, where it will be used as part of the EDSAC reconstruction project and raises the possibility that more surviving parts may be recovered in the future... Continue Reading Historic EDSAC computer component becomes part of reconstruction

Section: Computers

Tags: Cambridge University, Computer, Computers, Historic, National Museum of Computing

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