wired.com — Harvard and IBM dedicate the Mark I computer. Also known as the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, or ASCC, the pioneering computer was notable for producing reliable results and its ability to run 24/7.The Mark I was a monster: 55 feet long and 8 feet high. It weighed five tons and contained 760,000 components..
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Closed AccountAug 8, 2008
This would of been appropriate for YESTERDAY. Damn recommendation engine.
Closed AccountAug 8, 2008
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lordstryker01Aug 8, 2008
Though not the first digital computer. The very first and beginning started in the late 30s by Professor Atanasoff at Iowa State University<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanasoff%E2%80%93Berry_Computer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanasoff%E2%80%93Ber ...</a>
kd1sAug 8, 2008
I love how they boggle at 760,000 components. A modern PC has hundreds of millions of components. In our case though most of it is wrapped up in that thing we call the CPU.
leerayig88Aug 8, 2008
f**k you, two of my friends bought two of these computers.
kd1sAug 10, 2008
So true, now we have smart machines making smart machines. Skynet here we come.
rondpNov 22, 2008
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