IP: Electronic dinosaur is dusted off

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 08:18:32 +0100 (CET)
> From: Gunnar Helliesen <gunnar () bitcon no>
> To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: Electronic dinosaur is dusted off
>
>
> <http://www.theage.com.au/news/19991122/A56120-1999Nov21.html>
>
>
> "Electronic dinosaur is dusted off
>                     By PENNY FANNIN
>                     SCIENCE REPORTER
>                     Monday 22 November 1999
>
>                     If it's size that counts, Australia's first computer,
> CSIRAC, is right up there with
>                     the greatest.
>
>                     Never mind that today's calculators are more powerful
> - CSIRAC overshadows
>                     them with its sheer magnitude.
>
>                     At 2000 kilograms and taking up all available space in
> a standard-sized room, it is
>                     the behemoth of the computing world. And this week
> CSIRAC celebrates the 50th
>                     anniversary of running its first program.
>
>                     After spending decades in a dusty warehouse, CSIRAC is
> to be exhibited at the
>                     new Melbourne Museum from next year. It is being
> restored with the help of two
>                     of the original electronic engineers, Mr Ron Bowles
> and Mr Jurij Semkiw. The
>                     reason? It is the world's only intact first-generation
> electronic computer."
>
>
> Gunnar
>
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