13 Mar
2008
13 Mar
'08
2:13 p.m.
From: "pichotjm" <pichotjm at free.fr>
I spent my week-end to write a report on the restoration of the
early French
computer ODP-505. This computer is built with germanium transistors
and has
a core memory.
Thank you that is very interesting.
I have looked on the 'Big List' to find the date it was first sold
but could not find it. Google only brings up pages in the French
language. Could you please give us the year?
It is tiny compared with my Germanium machine (ICT 1301) which weighs
five tons. It has the same clock speed but is quite a bit slower, so
I guess it is earlier than mine. But maybe the emphasis of the design
was miniaturisation and the designers traded speed for size.
Roger Holmes
(Kent, England)