On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:00:21 +0000, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
>First commercial computer, but it looks like Z4 and BINAC were there earlier, >with only BINAC being electronic, > Acoustic delay lines are electro-mechanical, not electronic. Splitting hairs I know but the IEEE not be came up with these milestones... >First paging computer. > >The acoustic delay lines for BINAC shipped before the Williams tubes for Mark >1; I don't know the dates for the technologies. > >As to RADAR, it motivated improvements in vacuum tube design, which was more >important than either storage technology. I think we totally underestimate the importance of Radar and its associated technologies. > >-- >Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי >נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר Dave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
