[sdiy] Turing's Cathedral
Colin f
colin at colinfraser.com
Fri Apr 27 11:42:55 CEST 2012
> If you're ever in Cambridge and interested in computer
> history the Computer Lab has some original EDSAC items on
> display - valve racks, mercury delay lines, core memories, etc.
Of course the real tragedy of computing history is that we'll never be sure
how much stuff that was *really* ahead of the curve was hushed up by
politicians after WWII.
Who's ever heard of Tommy Flowers ?
Cheers,
Colin f
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