15 Feb
2008
15 Feb
'08
4:44 a.m.
Brent Hilpert wrote:
Charles H Dickman wrote:
As the original can opener, the resulting discussion has been quite
interesting. Probably more interesting than my original question, which
was what is the oldest electronic digital computer still in existence as
a functional artifact, whether in a museum or private collection. I was
discounting reproductions such as the Atanasoff-Berry Computer you
mention or the Colossus at Bletchley Park. I would also discount partial
machines such as front panels.
So what is the oldest computer still
operational?
Another take on the original question: a functional reproduction of
the ABC* from 1941, using period components, was produced in the 1990's.
* the first electronic computer by one definition.