By Andy McCue
Published: Tuesday 18 March 2008
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Name
James Lewis-Williams
Location
USA
Occupation
Exterminator
Comment
"Am I right in thinking this predated the ENIAC or whatever they call the first computer."
Yes, but it did not predate the Z3, developed by German aircraft engineer Konrad Zuse in 1941. This was a binary electronic computer that used holes punched in old movie film as its programming medium, because paper was in short supply in Germany during the war. He even formed a company, Zuse Apparetebau, to manufacture his machines.
Zuse tried to interest the Nazi government in funding a fully electronic computer using valves ("tubes" in USA) but the Nazis were not interested!
Thank God it was built by Bletchley Park and not M...
W.S.Becket
And the Americans reckon they invented the compute...
Don Tregartha
Sir Tommy Flowers, if you don't mind.
It took h...
Dr John Dimmock
"Am I right in thinking this predated the ENIAC or...
James Lewis-Williams
So who did order the destruction of the Colossi?
Philip Virgo
Makes me proud to live in Bletchley.
Dan Clement
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