| dethalternate | Date: Tuesday, 20-November-2012, 10:47 AM | Message # 1 |
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The 61-year-old Harwell Dekatron (aka WITCH) computer, was made from parts more commonly found in a telephone exchange.
The mammoth machine, which fills a room, is as heavy as 20,000 iPhones but computed at speeds even humans could keep pace with
Once voted the world's most durable computer, it was found broken up into 50 parts and gathering dust in storage.
Read more/Full article/source - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/science....et.html
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