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Quote: description of the Manchester computer; 10,000 bits of memory, 650,000 bits of disk, paper tape, 16 feet long, 4,000 valves

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history of computers

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The computer is serial in operation, and its … digits … Two bays each 16 feet long, 8 feet … 27 kilowatts. … About 4,000 valves, 2,500 capacitors, 15,000 resistors, 100,000 … on cathode ray tubes … Magnetic drum -- 650,000 binary digits … 6. Input. Punched teleprinter tape feeding in up …   Google-1   Google-2

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