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The Ferranti Mark 1 was the first commercially available general-purpose computer. Here is Alan Turing's 1950 manual for the Mark I electronic computer in PDF format (mastodon.social)

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The Ferranti Mark 1 was the first commercially available general-purpose computer. Here is Alan Turing's 1950 manual for the Mark I electronic computer in PDF format https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Knuth_Don_X4100/PDF_index/k-4-pdf/k-4-u2780-Manchester-Mark-I-manual.pdf #computer #history

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

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p24: "The Hooter". lol. 1950s PC Speaker.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

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I know that Turing was a genius, and that he specialised often in cryptography and all, and that there is probably a very good reason, but really .. WTAF..