30 Jul
2001
30 Jul
'01
2:39 a.m.
On Mon, 30 Jul 2001 00:36:40 -0400 (EDT) Lucas J Cashdollar
<ljcst18+(a)pitt.edu> wrote:
I was just curious to know what was the oldest
computer any of you
own. The oldest one I actually own is an apple II+ (1978?) and the oldest
one I am restoring is a HP 2114B circa 1969.
The oldest would be the KIM-1, 1977.
But I have a rack of parts for a machine called "Arcturus"
which I think is older. I have no idea what it is/was, but
I was told that it was the first computer installed at the
London University Computing Institute. It's built out of
integrated circuits, but nothing more complex than a few
gates per chip, as far as I can tell. I'll have to dig it
out, photograph it and post the info to the list.
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England