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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