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Offline Nemesis

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Rebooting the WITCH
« on: November 24, 2012, 12:22:24 pm »
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After three years of restoration by the National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) and staff at Bletchley Park, the world's oldest functioning digital computer has been successfully rebooted at a ceremony attended by two of its original developers.

The 2.5 ton Harwell Dekatron, later renamed the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computation from Harwell (WITCH), was first constructed in 1949 and from 1951 ran at the USK's Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment, where it was used to process mathematical calculations for Britain's nuclear program.


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Re: Rebooting the WITCH
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2012, 12:26:16 pm »
Funny with that headline, I though it was gonna be a Wizard of Oz Remake...

On the other hand, I saw a youtube where they powered on that machine.. Its amazing how things have changed..
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