[SIGCIS-Members] Older computers (1940-1950)

David Hemmendinger hemmendd at union.edu
Wed Nov 14 19:04:14 PST 2012


The other Bell Labs computers.  From Paul Ceruzzi's _Reckoners_:
               Model II   Model IV      Model V (two copies)
Date completed  7-1943     3-1945       12-1946, 8-1947 
Also: Model I, 1939; Model VI, 1949 

The Harvard Mark II, III.

The Pilot ACE (UK) ran in May, 1950 according to alanturing.net and was
demonstrated in Dec, 1950, according to Wikipedia.

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>Are there any computers missing from this list below of computers that were
>built from 1940 to 1950?
>
>Year    Computer        Country
>        Name
>1941    Z3                Germany
>1942    ABC               U.S.
>1943    Colossus          U.K
>1944    Harvard Mark 1    U.S.
>1944    Bell Labs Model 3 U.S.          
>1945    Z4                Germany       
>1946    ENIAC             U.S.          
>1947    SSEC              U.S.
>1948    SSEM              U.K.
>1949    BINAC             U.S.
>1949    EDSAC             U.K.          
>1949    CSIRC             Australia     
>1949    EDVAC             U.S.
>1949    MADM              U.K.
>1950    MESM              Ukraine



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