EDSAC Project - Mercury delay lines

The EDSAC Replica Project aims to build an authentic replica of one of the most important early British digital computers. Designed in 1947 by a team lead by Maurice Wilkes, the original EDSAC computer operated for almost 10 years, starting from its first successful program run on 6th May 1949, at the Cambridge University Mathematical Laboratory.

Our goal is to have a working replica of EDSAC as it was in May 1949, built and operational by May 2015.

The EDSAC Replica Project is a registered charity and is affiliated to the UK's Computer Conservation Society. The work is taking place at The National Museum of Computing on Bletchley Park. See www.tnmoc.org/special-projects/edsac for details.

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[douro20]

I meant Canon, not Sharp.

[douro20]

I had an old Sharp calculator at one time which used a magnetostrictive delay line; unfortunately it didn't function!

[Jac Goudsmit]

2 dislikes from people who want to go back to the older computers that couldn't do anything but calculate bomb trajectories

[itsabomberscope]

Superb videos on this channel. I notice you dont give description details in the description area of the video. You might get more views if you did. I think videos of this quality and historic interest deserve more views. Thanks.