23 Jan
2011
23 Jan
'11
4:08 p.m.
TMU, Colossus was actually like the ABC in that it did
some processing
in electronics but the primary data flow still had electro-mechanics
in the path (giant paper tape loops).
So you're saying Colossus was * not * fully electronic? I didn't know
that. Very interesting.
What ENIAC did was make the advancement to being
general-purpose AND
all-electronic.
Yes.
But the ABC still needs credit in that list for what it did do.