Wednesday 23 December 2015

Grimsdale and Webb build early transistorized computer

Grimsdale and Webb build early transistorized computer

 

Working under Tom Kilburn at England’s Manchester University, Richard Grimsdale and Douglas Webb demonstrate a prototype transistorized computer, the "Manchester TC", on November 16, 1953. The 48-bit machine used 92 point-contact transistors and 550 diodes.

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