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Default 1950's WITCH computer running again

On Nov 20, 12:48*pm, polygonum wrote:
On 20/11/2012 09:46, Tim Watts wrote: Now that is a real man's computer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20395212


at Bletchley Park - mostly original parts reassembled and now working.


Beautiful to watch - all clicking relays and dekatron tubes


A friend (sadly now deceased) used to tell me about how his removal
company transported a computer of some sort from the south up somewhere.
As he lived and was based in Wolverhampton, and the dates make sense, I
am suspecting it was indeed WITCH. His description, so far as I can
remember, also tallies. He claimed that not a single part was damaged in
transit. So rather better than HDNL... :-)

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Rod


Wolves Poly (as was) did indeed have an early machine named "Witch"

http://www.computerconservationsociety.org/witch.htm

seems is same one.

Jim K
 
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