Geek Fact for May 6th

By Judy Novotny / 05/06/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1949, the EDSAC performed its first calculation

The EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator) was an early British computer that is considered to be the first stored program electronic computer. It contained 3,000 vacuum tubes and used mercury delay lines for memory.

Learn more at http://www.cs.clemson.edu/~mark/edsac.html

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.