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Inventor of the worlds first computer
« on: 2012-11-28 10:54:31 » |
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[Fritz]Well, who knew
http://www.zib.de/zuse/home.php
http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html
KONRAD ZUSE (1910-1995)
1935-1938: Konrad Zuse builds Z1, world's first program-controlled computer. Despite certain mechanical engineering problems it had all the basic ingredients of modern machines, using the binary system and today's standard separation of storage and control. Zuse's 1936 patent application (Z23139/GMD Nr. 005/021) also suggests a von Neumann architecture (re-invented in 1945) with program and data modifiable in storage.
1941: Zuse completes Z3, world's first fully functional programmable computer.
1945: Zuse describes Plankalkuel, world's first higher-level programming language, containing many standard features of today's programming languages. FORTRAN came almost a decade later. Zuse also used Plankalkuel to design world's first chess program.
1946: Zuse founds world's first computer startup company: the Zuse-Ingenieurbüro Hopferau. Venture capital raised through ETH Zürich and an IBM option on Zuse's patents.
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Re:Inventor of the worlds first computer
« Reply #2 on: 2012-12-23 14:48:06 » |
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Quote from: fatrat777 on 2012-12-23 01:12:28 This is all news to me, I'm afraid I had never heard of Mr Zuse, but I will certainly remember his name and apologies for the prosaic question but do you have any idea what the bead-containing units at the back are? I thought they could be either a tribute to ancient computers (abacuses) or maybe a part of the Z-machine itself! The machine in the photograph looks so cleanly made, it is much less messy than more recent desktop and tower machines. The post and photo together are fascinating and say a lot very briefly 
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[Fritz]The links at the top of the post go to the websites with a lot more information. This was new to me and after 30 years in IT . . . thought I'm sure that console was in an TOS Star Trek episode 
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