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Tube Computers are Came Back
« on: 21 Nov 2012, 01:02 am »
Rejoice tube lovers! Tube computers are came back:
''The Harwell Dekatron a 61-years old computer from 1951 weighing 2,5 tons was reassembled and switched on for the first time in decades today in celebration of a landmark in technology history, it use 828 Dekatron tubes.''
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9689825/Worlds-oldest-original-digital-computer-rebooted.html

Some images:
http://tecnologia.terra.com.br/fotos/0,,OI229676-EI12879,00-Computador+de+anos+e+religado+depois+da+aposentadoria.html

The Decatron tube:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekatron
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Re: Tube Computers are Came Back
« Reply #1 on: 21 Nov 2012, 10:42 pm »
The Harwell Dekatron operating, looks a silent computer, not noising as mainframes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVgc8ksstyg&feature=player_embedded
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Re: Tube Computers are Came Back
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Re: Tube Computers are Came Back
« Reply #3 on: 21 Nov 2012, 11:06 pm »
This other vintage computer also use the same decatron tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=2iPrFEC7Vhg&feature=endscreen
It named EDSAC and is a US version from the English ENIAC.
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