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Williams, F.C., Kilburn, T., "Electronic digital computers", Nature, 162, pp. 487, September 25, 1948. Google

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http://www.computer50.org/kgill/mark1/natletter.html

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487 ;;Quote: announcement of Manchester "baby" computer; universal, fully electronic, 32 words of storage, adders, multipliers, control unit
487 ;;Quote: Manchester "baby" computer is universal; negate x, subtract x, test sign of accumulator, goto, and stop
487 ;;Quote: Manchester "baby" computer programmed for long division and factoring
487+;;Quote: Manchester "baby" computer correctly ran 3.5 million operations in 52 minutes

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