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>    I've found some sites but they all talk about Apple computers, the
>invention of the mouse, ect.. but nothing on the computer of the time
>frame I'm looking for.  I've even read a very interesting page on
>Charles Babbage's Difference engine of 1822.

>    What was the name of that computer (from the 40's or 50's) and by
>chance does anyone have a link to a page that talks about it's
>abilities?

>Mike

> >Mike,

> >I don't know if it's the one you're after, but one of the earliest
> >recognized computers was called ENIAC. It was used for producing
> >artillery ballistics tables if I'm not mistaken.

> >Try a web search on ENIAC, you should get a bunch of hits.

> >Trips

>    It had so many tubes, one blew every few minutes, and the
> whole computer had to be turned off to replace them.  When they DID
> get to do any computations, it was MUCH faster than any human, but
> MUCH slower than the cheapest calculator of today.  It raised the
> temperature of the computer room MANY degrees from the heat of the
> tubes.
>    Discovery Channel did a piece on it a month or so ago.

> Gunner

>         I've found some sites but they all talk about Apple computers, the
> invention of the mouse, ect.. but nothing on the computer of the time
> frame I'm looking for.  I've even read a very interesting page on
> Charles Babbage's Difference engine of 1822.

>         What was the name of that computer (from the 40's or 50's) and by
> chance does anyone have a link to a page that talks about it's
> abilities?

> >         I'm doing a bit of research and am trying to find the name and
some
> > statistics on the first (recognized) computer from the 40's or 50's.  I
> > can't remember the date or even the name of the thing, all I can
> > remember is that it had a lot of vacuum tubes.

> >         I've found some sites but they all talk about Apple computers,
the
> > invention of the mouse, ect.. but nothing on the computer of the time
> > frame I'm looking for.  I've even read a very interesting page on
> > Charles Babbage's Difference engine of 1822.

> >         What was the name of that computer (from the 40's or 50's) and
by
> > chance does anyone have a link to a page that talks about it's
> > abilities?

> The first electronic computer was the Zuse Z1 invented by the german
> Konrad Zuse (died a few years ago) in 1938. It used standard relays and
> not tubes. Don't believe that the americans invented everything 8^)

> Here is a picture (sorry, german page):
> http://www.dtmb.de/Rundgang/p09.html

> Further info:
> http://inventors.miningco.com/education/sciphys/inventors/library/weekly
> /aa050298.htm
> http://www.maxmon.com/1941ad.htm
> http://www.german-way.com/german/techupd.html

> Just search for "Zuse Z1".

> Herwig

> I've found some sites but they all talk about Apple computers, the
>invention of the mouse, ect.. but nothing on the computer of the time
>frame I'm looking for.  I've even read a very interesting page on
>Charles Babbage's Difference engine of 1822.

> What was the name of that computer (from the 40's or 50's) and by
>chance does anyone have a link to a page that talks about it's
>abilities?

>Mike
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> > VARIAC.

> > > I'm doing a bit of research and am trying to find the name and some
> > > statistics on the first (recognized) computer from the 40's or 50's.
I
> > > can't remember the date or even the name of the thing, all I can
> > > remember is that it had a lot of vacuum tubes.

> > > I've found some sites but they all talk about Apple computers, the
> > > invention of the mouse, ect.. but nothing on the computer of the time
> > > frame I'm looking for.  I've even read a very interesting page on
> > > Charles Babbage's Difference engine of 1822.

> > > What was the name of that computer (from the 40's or 50's) and by
> > > chance does anyone have a link to a page that talks about it's
> > > abilities?

> > > Mike
> > > --
> > > =========================================
> > > Mike Barlow of Barlow Racing?
> > > =========================================
> > > http://members.xoom.com/BarlowRacing/

> > > Racing online with the help of......

> > > Race Communications Association
> > > Holodyne Engineering
> > > Mystic Music
> > > (have Your !!Name/Address!! placed here)

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> > I'm doing a bit of research and am trying to find the name and some
> > statistics on the first (recognized) computer from the 40's or 50's.  I
> > can't remember the date or even the name of the thing, all I can
> > remember is that it had a lot of vacuum tubes.

> > I've found some sites but they all talk about Apple computers, the
> > invention of the mouse, ect.. but nothing on the computer of the time
> > frame I'm looking for.  I've even read a very interesting page on
> > Charles Babbage's Difference engine of 1822.

> > What was the name of that computer (from the 40's or 50's) and by
> > chance does anyone have a link to a page that talks about it's
> > abilities?

> > Mike
> > --
> > =========================================
> > Mike Barlow of Barlow Racing?
> > =========================================
> > http://members.xoom.com/BarlowRacing/

> > Racing online with the help of......

> > Race Communications Association
> > Holodyne Engineering
> > Mystic Music
> > (have Your !!Name/Address!! placed here)

> > .......or was it some other "...IAC"??  Sacroilliac?  Maniac?

> > > VARIAC.

> > I thought the UNIVAC was a floor cleaning device used in an educational
> > establishment !! ;)

> > --
> > Ian Parker