7 Mar
2012
7 Mar
'12
12:27 a.m.
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of dwight elvey
Sent: 07 March 2012 07:08
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: An interesting claim: Olivetti made the first
ever PC, in 1962
_first_personal_computer-0/
From: lproven at gmail.com
The "Program 101":
http://english.pravda.ru/history/07-03-2012/120702-Program_101
Thoughts? I've never even heard of this product before.
Hi
It was a programable calculator.
One could almost say it was a computer because
it did have a conditional branch. Programs could
As I understand things the usual differentiator between a "programmable
calculator" and "<stored programme> Computer" is that its possible
for the
program in a computer to change itself. So can the P101 store the result of
a calculation into programme memory?
<Note. US readers may not agree with this definition because it makes ENIAC
into a stored program calculator whilst they may like to claim it's a
computer>
be saved on magnetic cards. It used delay lines
for registers and memory.
I wouldn't call it a computer.
I'd still like to have had one.
Dwight