19 Dec
2005
19 Dec
'05
11:41 a.m.
Jules Richardson wrote:
Ahh, that's earlier than our Marconi TAC then (1963 IIRC, although
designed in the late 50's).
Not sure what we have that's earlier and qualifies. The Elliott 803 is
late 1950's (1958 I think) but has a core fault so doesn't count as
working until someone finds the time to fix it! It's probably the
earliest complete machine that we have though; prior to that we just
have small bits of some of the earlier famous* machines.
That may be easyer to fix than modern core memory , since I belive
modern core uses IC drivers and IC sense amps
no longer made.
Jules