9 Nov
2000
9 Nov
'00
7:04 a.m.
I would also make the point that it isn't
programmable..
The Mark I was programmable, though it lacked the ability
to store programs.
Wasn't storable program architecture the key to the
"-AC"s (ILLIAC, UNIVAC, BIZMAC, ???), that is "Automatic
Computation" was the marketplace expression for a Stored
Program computer.
John A.
(...But notably not MiniVAC <g>)