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 IT History Society One Blackfield Drive - Suite 331 Tiburon, CA 94920 (415) 435-2263 <mailto:info@ITHistory.org> info@ITHistory.org <http://www.ithistory.org/> www.ITHistory.org Sm logo dropEnsuring the Future by Preserving the Past <http://www.twitter.com/ithistoryorg> twitter <http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/It-History-Society/143799552346273> find-us-on-facebook <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=RRE7C2 JV47KKJ> btn_donate_LG
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. David Hemmendinger hemmendd@union.edu Professor Emeritus http://athena.union.edu/~hemmendd Computer Science Dept. +1 518 346 4489 Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308 FAX: +1 518 388 6789
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
Being the MIT partisan, I'd add Whirlwind although some might question whether its "operational date" falls within the 1950 limit. Debbie Douglas On Nov 14, 2012, at 10:04 PM, David Hemmendinger wrote:
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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Hi: And I'd add 1944 Colossus II UK (and eight further copies/variants of Colossus II 1944/1945) Cheers Brian Randell On 15 Nov 2012, at 03:04, David Hemmendinger wrote:
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.
David Hemmendinger hemmendd@union.edu Professor Emeritus http://athena.union.edu/~hemmendd Computer Science Dept. +1 518 346 4489 Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308 FAX: +1 518 388 6789
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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Not all computers of that period were room-sized. How about Simon? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_(computer) -----Original Message----- From: "Info @ IT History Society" <info@ithistory.org> Sender: members-bounces@sigcis.org Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:44:50 To: <members@sigcis.org> Reply-To: info@ithistory.org Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Older computers (1940-1950) _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members@sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://sigcis.org/pipermail/members/ and you can change your subscription options at http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/members
Of course it all depends on the definition of a "computer". The list below encompasses many kinds of digital machines, including non- electronic and non-stored programmed devices. If we include the ABC, we may as well add Couffignal's computer, an electronic, parallel calculator programmed from an external disk. Developed in Paris in 1947-1950, it never went beyond lab experiments. Its only historical significance is its being a model of inept project management. We still keep the fossil at Musee des Arts & Metiers. But then the IBM 603 and 604 could even better qualify for the list? Best, Pierre Pierre Mounier-Kuhn CNRS & Univ. Paris-Sorbonne http://pups.paris-sorbonne.fr/pages/aff_livre.php?Id=838 L'informatique en France, de la 2e guerre mondiale au Plan Calcul. L'emergence d'une science Le 15 nov. 12 à 02:44, Info @ IT History Society a écrit :
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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Nancy Stern's book says that UNIVAC was delivered to the Census Bureau in March, 1951. Might it have been sufficiently completed by the end of 1950 to be included on the list? After all, ABC was never really completed but still makes the list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Info @ IT History Society" <info@ithistory.org> To: members@sigcis.org Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 8:44:50 PM Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Older computers (1940-1950) 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 IT History Society One Blackfield Drive – Suite 331 Tiburon, CA 94920 (415) 435-2263 info@ITHistory.org www.ITHistory.org Sm logo dropEnsuring the Future by Preserving the Past twitter find-us-on-facebook btn_donate_LG _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members@sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://sigcis.org/pipermail/members/ and you can change your subscription options at http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/members
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