Media Summary: Play around with one of the first Von Neumann machines (well, in simulation!) Professor Brailsford shows us what Scrapped to make space for its successor, Elaine Symonds talks to Andrew Herbert about his career in computing from his early experiences with the Elliot 903 through to ...

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Play around with one of the first Von Neumann machines (well, in simulation!) Professor Brailsford shows us what Scrapped to make space for its successor, Elaine Symonds talks to Andrew Herbert about his career in computing from his early experiences with the Elliot 903 through to ... The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator ( Bubbles in the pipeline? Some of the basic operations at the heart of the CPU explained by Dr Steve Bagley. EXTRA BITS: ... They're called 'Finite State Automata" and occupy the centre of Chomsky's Hierarchy - Professor Brailsford explains the ultimate ...

Early home computing often involved soldering your machine together and fighting for time on the family TV. Jason Fitzpatrick ... The Compaq portable was the first IBM compatible machine and its creation inspired the AMC TV Show "Halt and Catch Fire. Colossus was one of the very first electronic, special purpose, Deleting files may not mean they're gone. Even overwriting them isn't safe. Professor Derek McAuley explains. EXTRA BITS ...

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Inside the Computer (EDSAC) - Computerphile
EDSAC Simulator - Computerphile
EDSAC Rebuild (Cambridge University's 1st Computer) - Computerphile
Bootstrapping EDSAC: Initial Orders - Computerphile
Andrew Herbert - Interview - EDSAC, Acorn, Microsoft ...
Why the EDSAC computer was seen as a Nobel prize-winning collaborator
Inside the CPU - Computerphile
Computers Without Memory - Computerphile
Nascom 2 & Sharing the TV - Computerphile
Compaq Portable (Halt & Catch Fire) - Computerphile
Colossus & Bletchley Park - Computerphile
EDSAC delay line storage - early computer memory
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Inside the Computer (EDSAC) - Computerphile

Inside the Computer (EDSAC) - Computerphile

One of the first

EDSAC Simulator - Computerphile

EDSAC Simulator - Computerphile

Play around with one of the first Von Neumann machines (well, in simulation!) Professor Brailsford shows us what

EDSAC Rebuild (Cambridge University's 1st Computer) - Computerphile

EDSAC Rebuild (Cambridge University's 1st Computer) - Computerphile

Scrapped to make space for its successor,

Bootstrapping EDSAC: Initial Orders - Computerphile

Bootstrapping EDSAC: Initial Orders - Computerphile

How did early

Andrew Herbert - Interview - EDSAC, Acorn, Microsoft ...

Andrew Herbert - Interview - EDSAC, Acorn, Microsoft ...

Elaine Symonds talks to Andrew Herbert about his career in computing from his early experiences with the Elliot 903 through to ...

Why the EDSAC computer was seen as a Nobel prize-winning collaborator

Why the EDSAC computer was seen as a Nobel prize-winning collaborator

The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (

Inside the CPU - Computerphile

Inside the CPU - Computerphile

Bubbles in the pipeline? Some of the basic operations at the heart of the CPU explained by Dr Steve Bagley. EXTRA BITS: ...

Computers Without Memory - Computerphile

Computers Without Memory - Computerphile

They're called 'Finite State Automata" and occupy the centre of Chomsky's Hierarchy - Professor Brailsford explains the ultimate ...

Nascom 2 & Sharing the TV - Computerphile

Nascom 2 & Sharing the TV - Computerphile

Early home computing often involved soldering your machine together and fighting for time on the family TV. Jason Fitzpatrick ...

Compaq Portable (Halt & Catch Fire) - Computerphile

Compaq Portable (Halt & Catch Fire) - Computerphile

The Compaq portable was the first IBM compatible machine and its creation inspired the AMC TV Show "Halt and Catch Fire.

Colossus & Bletchley Park - Computerphile

Colossus & Bletchley Park - Computerphile

Colossus was one of the very first electronic, special purpose,

EDSAC delay line storage - early computer memory

EDSAC delay line storage - early computer memory

Long before silicon memory, the first

Security of Data on Disk - Computerphile

Security of Data on Disk - Computerphile

Deleting files may not mean they're gone. Even overwriting them isn't safe. Professor Derek McAuley explains. EXTRA BITS ...