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Subject: Make Magazine Article: Rebuilding Computer History: First Parts of
the EDSAC Replica Unveiled
EDSAC?was Cambridge University?s first computer. Designed in the early
years after the Second World War in 1947, construction of the machine was
completed in 1949. It operated for almost 10 years, and was the first general
purpose computer built for other people to use, to solve real problems.
The?EDSAC Replica project?aims to rebuild an authentic replica, and on
Wednesday, which was the centenary of the birth of?Sir Maurice Wilkies,
widely regarded as the father of British computing, they have?unveiled the
first working parts?of the restored machine.
http://makezine.com/2013/06/27/edsac-replica/
I visited TNMOC at Bletchley Park at the beginning of February and they showed me some
bent metal and a few vacuum tubes. This is considerable progress! It bodes well for
their promised 2015 completion date. -- Ian