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The World's Oldest Original Digital Computer Springs Back Into Action At TNMOC

Posted by Unknown on from the netbsd-accepts-challenge dept.

New submitter prpplague writes "After a three-year restoration project at The National Museum of Computing, the Harwell Dekatron (aka WITCH) computer will rebooted on 20 November 2012 to become the world's oldest original working digital computer. Now in its seventh decade and in its fifth home, the computer with its flashing lights and clattering printers and readers provides an awe-inspiring display for visiting school groups and the general public keen to learn about our rich computer heritage."

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  1. Nice... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...But does it run Linux?

  2. That's a real computer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!

  3. The second oldest digital computer is on the bend. by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 3, Funny

    Before this Dekatron came back to life, the title of being the oldest working digital computer was held by NS1978. On hearing that it lost that coveted title, it got despondent, got drunk and was seen stumbling through traffic on the Jersey Turnpike, screaming out what time each driver will get home.

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    sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact