Harwell computer - Wikipedia
网页In 2013, for the second time, the Guinness Book of World Records recognised it as the world's oldest working digital computer, following its restoration. It previously held the title for several years until it was decommissioned in 1973. [5] The museum uses the computer's visual, dekatron-based memory to teach schoolchildren about computers. [4]
Watch the World’s Oldest Working Computer Turn On
网页2012年11月23日 — This is the Harwell Dekatron, also known as the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computation or the WITCH computer. It was built in 1951, which makes it the oldest working digital...
Scientists unlock mysteries of world's oldest 'computer' - BBC
网页2021年3月12日 — Antikythera mechanism is believed to be the world's oldest computer. The mechanism has been described as an astronomical calculator as well as the world's first analogue computer. It is...
Harwell Dekatron Computer aka W.I.T.C.H. - The National Museum of Computing
网页The history of the Harwell Dekatron is fascinating. In 1951 it was one of only a handful of computers in the world, and by 1973 it was acclaimed the world's most durable computer. Now that restoration is complete it is the oldest original working digital computer in the world - a record that is likely to stand for as long as it continues to ...
Harwell Dekatron recognised as oldest working computer
网页2013年1月24日 — A historic calculator which was rebuilt after being dismantled and put in storage has been recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest working digital computer. The...
The reboot of the Harwell Dekatron / WITCH computer, the world's oldest …
网页2013年1月23日 — 22.8K subscribers. 880. 76K views 11 years ago. The Harwell Dekatron / WITCH clattering back into life at The National Museum of Computing on 20 November 2012. The machine - the world's oldest...
World's oldest digital computer restored to life at age 60 - New …
网页2012年11月29日 — Having been restored to its original operating condition using 95 percent original parts, it is now the oldest functioning programmable digital computer in the world.
Gravitational Wave Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of the …
网页2024年7月9日 — More than two millennia ago, a device known as the Antikythera mechanism was used to predict the movements of celestial bodies using a complex system of gears. The artifact is known today as the...
History of Computing — Google Arts & Culture
网页The Harwell Dekatron, also known as the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computation from Harwell, or WITCH, is the world’s oldest working computer. Designed to automate...
Researchers resurrect 'The Witch,' world's oldest working computer
网页2012年11月20日 — Researchers at the National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) in the UK have restored a massive, 1950s-era computer known as "The Witch," making it the world's oldest working digital computer.