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machine you have in mind, Tom, but the British Amstrad CPC 464 micro of
1984 was finished on schedule. Remarkably, it was already in production
at launch and shipped when Amstrad promised it would.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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<span>Tony Smith<br>
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class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p
class="MsoNormal">For my ongoing project on ENIAC I’ve written a
sentence SEAC, another early computer, that includes the words
“….although finished well behind schedule, like all early computers…“.<o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">It’s been
suggested to me that several Colossus computers were in fact finished on
schedule. Does anyone know if this is true?<o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Also, are there
any other examples of early digital computers of the 1940s or earlier
reaching reliable operation more or less on the schedule promised to the
people funding them? Delays to ENIAC, EDVAC, the IAS computer, ACE,
Univac, the Manchester Mark 1, the Harvard Mark 1, and of course
Babbage’s Difference Engine are well documented. <o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I can always
change ”all” to “most” but this is now making me curious.<o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p><p
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