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The Harwell computer, later known as the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell (WITCH), or the Harwell Dekatron Computer, was an early British relay-based computer. It is currently being restored at the National Museum of Computing, where it is described as "the oldest original functioning electronic stored program computer in the world".
  
 
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Revision as of 09:44, 25 October 2012

Background

The Harwell computer, later known as the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell (WITCH), or the Harwell Dekatron Computer, was an early British relay-based computer. It is currently being restored at the National Museum of Computing, where it is described as "the oldest original functioning electronic stored program computer in the world".

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