release dates of early microcomputer operating systems, incl. Intel ISIS

[Dave G4UGM]

It was converted to being "programmable" in 1948.

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> Subject: Re: release dates of early microcomputer operating systems, incl.
> Intel ISIS
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>     > From: Dave G4UGM
> 
>     > although ENIAC first ran a program it was stored as acoustic waves
> 
> I don't think ENIAC used acoustic delay storage? Perhaps what you're
> thinking of is that in the original ENIAC usage, there was no 'program' as
we
> now think of that term; the machine had to be configured (via connecting
up
> computing units with cables) for each separate problem, i.e. more
> 'configurable' than 'programmable' (at least in the Turing machine sense).
> Hence the debate over whether it or the Baby was the first 'computer'.
> 
> 	Noel