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ICL Mainframe
Computers designed or built in Britain include: *Acorn Computers **Acorn Eurocard systems **Acorn System 1 **Acorn Atom **BBC Micro **Acorn Electron **BBC Master **Acorn Archimedes **RiscPC **Acorn Network Computer *Amstrad **Amstrad CPC **Amstrad PCW **Amstrad NC100 **PC1512 **Amstrad PPC 512, PPC 512 and 640 **Amstrad PC2286 **Amstrad Mega PC *Apricot Computers **Apricot PC **Apricot Portable **Apricot Picobook Pro *Bear Microcomputer Systems **Newbear 77-68 *Bywood Electronics **SCRUMPI 2 **SCRUMPI 3 *Cambridge Computer **Cambridge Z88 *Camputers Lynx *CAP computer *Commodore Amiga 600 (A600) - Assembled in a former Timex factory in Scotland. *Commodore Amiga 1200 (A1200) - Assembled in a former Timex factory in Scotland. *Compukit UK101 *Dragon 32/64 *Elliott Brothers (computer company) *Enterprise (computer) *Ferranti MRT *Flex machine *Gemini Computers **Gemini Galaxy **Gemini Challenger *General Electric Company, GEC **GEC 2050 **GEC 4000 series **GEC Series 63 *Grundy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babbage Difference Engine
Charles Babbage (; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer. Babbage is considered by some to be " father of the computer". He is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer, the difference engine, that eventually led to more complex electronic designs, though all the essential ideas of modern computers are to be found in his analytical engine, programmed using a principle openly borrowed from the Jacquard loom. As part of his computer work, he also designed the first computer printers. He had a broad range of interests in addition to his work on computers covered in his 1832 book ''Economy of Manufactures and Machinery''. He was an important figure in the social scene in London, and is credited with importing the "scientific soirée" from France with his well-attended Saturday evening soirées. His varied w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
