Some time back on the vintage computer marketplace (http://marketplace.vintage.org/), somebody listed a "dumpkopf 1" computer, but only the most vague information was given about it. I think there was some speculation here that it was maybe a hoax, and that no information could be found about it on the internet. I accidentally stumbled upon the machine at this web site; I suspect that this guy was the lister in that marketplace ad: http://community-2.webtv.net/ARCHAICAUDIO/WESTERNELECTRIC/page15.html It looks to be very interesting, perhaps significant, but certainly inoperable. The web page has a number of very interesting pictures of the computer, and says that the tubes have a 1954 date stamp on them. There are some large patch panels on the machine, so perhaps it wasn't a general purpose programmable computer (in fact, the name implies the machine isn't all that smart!)

Some time back on the vintage computer marketplace (http://marketplace.vintage.org/), somebody listed a "dumpkopf 1" computer, but only the most vague information was given about it. I think there was some speculation here that it was maybe a hoax, and that no information could be found about it on the internet. I accidentally stumbled upon the machine at this web site; I suspect that this guy was the lister in that marketplace ad: http://community-2.webtv.net/ARCHAICAUDIO/WESTERNELECTRIC/page15.html

It looks to be very interesting, perhaps significant, but certainly inoperable. The web page has a number of very interesting pictures of the computer, and says that the tubes have a 1954 date stamp on them. There are some large patch panels on the machine, so perhaps it wasn't a general purpose programmable computer (in fact, the name implies the machine isn't all that smart!)