18 Aug
2018
18 Aug
'18
5:30 a.m.
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From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Liam Proven via
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Sent: 18 August 2018 09:15
To: Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Interesting blog post on Zuse
Konrad Zuse, Alan Turing, and the World?s First Computer Startup POSTED
ON OCTOBER 18, 2013 ? POSTED IN STARTUPS
<http://www.nathanzeldes.com/blog/category/startups/>
http://www.nathanzeldes.com/blog/2013/10/konrad-zuse-alan-turing-
worlds-first-computer-startup/
It?s a common thing. Folks want Turing to be involved in all computers, but in fact even
the ACE which he designed wasn't completed until he left the National Physical
Laboratory....
... but the design was still significantly faster than other computers of the time, and by
the time he died he was working on the mathematics of biology and morphogenesis using,
using not designing computers, and complaining he couldn't get enough time on the
Manchester Mk1. He was really interested in computers as learning and intelligent devices.
He insisted the Manchester Mk1 could generate random numbers. I wonder what he would have
made of the self driving car....
Dave
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