Re: My First Computer (was Computing Editorial)

[Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net>]

Ross Simpson wrote:
> 
>     [snip...]       [snip...]       [snip...]
> 
> History in Science more relevant that History of Computers. I tend to enjoy
> history a bit as I think of myself as ol' fashioned. Would you have
> knowledge of the Harvard Mark I, ENIAC, EDSAC or UNIVAC I? I know I'm a
> little rusty on the last 3 computers! :-)
> 
If you have access to use a Mac or PC, you can get an EDSAC emulator
at:

	<http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~edsac/>


You can learn the simple assembly language and write a few programs
for this one...

Also, Al Kossow has a *book* on how to use of the Harvard Mark I
on his web site as an Acrobat (.pdf) file. You can download it at:

	<http://www.spies.com/~aek/pdf/harvard/MarkI_operMan_1946.pdf>


It is a "Manual of Operation for the Automatic Sequence Control
Calculator"...but it is on the order of 40 or 50 megabytes in size.
(Finding a Havard Mark I to program is left as an exercise for the
serious student.  ;-)


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