Re: OT

Van Snyder <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:02:56 -0700
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On Thu, 2026-07-30 at 22:56 +0200, Jan Claeys wrote:
> On Thu, 2026-07-30 at 14:51 -0400, hlyg wrote:
> > 1st computer ENIAC was built in US in 1945
>=20
> Correction: Konrad Zuse finished his Z4 computer in April 1945,
> before
> ENIAC was finished in May 1945.
>=20
> And before that there were also programmable computers in several
> countries that weren=E2=80=99t =E2=80=9Cpotentially universal Turing mach=
ines=E2=80=9D yet,
> including Zuse=E2=80=99s Z1 in 1938, Zuse=E2=80=99s Z3 in 1941, the UK=E2=
=80=99s Colossus in
> 1943, and the Harvard Mark I in 1944, etc.

How about the ABC, or Atanasoff-Berry Computer at Iowa State in 1937-
1942?

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</style></head><body><div>On Thu, 2026-07-30 at 22:56 +0200, Jan Claeys wro=
te:</div><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:=
2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On Thu, 2026-07-30 at 14:51 -0400,=
 hlyg wrote:<br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;=
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s built in US in 1945<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Correction:=
 Konrad Zuse finished his Z4 computer in April 1945, before<br></div><div>E=
NIAC was finished in May 1945.<br></div><div><br></div><div>And before that=
 there were also programmable computers in several<br></div><div>countries =
that weren=E2=80=99t =E2=80=9Cpotentially universal Turing machines=E2=80=
=9D yet,<br></div><div>including Zuse=E2=80=99s Z1 in 1938, Zuse=E2=80=99s =
Z3 in 1941, the UK=E2=80=99s Colossus in<br></div><div>1943, and the Harvar=
d Mark I in 1944, etc.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>How about the =
ABC, or Atanasoff-Berry Computer at Iowa State in 1937-1942?</div><div><br>=
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