The Trivia Hound

586. Berlin, 12 May 1941

Correction: Roy got #585! (Sorry Roy!)


Presented to an audience of scientists, this wonderous machine is the world's first fully functional, freely programmable computer. It runs between 5-10 Hz, performs binary calculations, and has enough memory for 64 words at 22 bits each.



| posted by John, 8:22 PM

3 Comments:

That thing is huge. Bigger than my refrigerator.

Nora
Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:02 PM  
Actually, John, I didn't even guess on the last one. But I did get 5 in a row.
Blogger Jim, at 6:19 AM  
No one remembers the Z3? Oh well. Anyway, ENIAC wasn't the first computer! :-P
Blogger John, at 8:14 AM  

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