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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".
History
Documentation
- An Electronic Digital Computer - Electronic Engineering - August 1951 - By R. C. M. Barnes, B.Sc., E. H. Cooke-Yarborough, M.A., A.M.I.E.E., and D. G. A. Thomas, M.A.
- Partial List of Parts Used with datasheets
Reference Material
- Dekatron
- Dekatron Wikipedia Entry
- Dekatron Datasheet information
- Dekatron Spinner Page
- Decade Counter Page
- Cold Cathode Tubes by J.B.Dance - Book with reference material on uses of cold cathode tubes such as Dekatrons
Links
- Harwell Computer Wikipedia Entry
- Computer Conservation Society Harwell Computer Page
- BCS Harwell Computer Conservation Project Page
- The Nation Museum of Computing Large Systems Page
- The Nation Museum of Computing Harwell Computer Restoration Updates Page
- Photos of Harwell Computer from Cecil Ramsbottom's Grandson