EDSAC
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The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator was an early British computer. Inspired by John von Neumann's seminal First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC, the machine was constructed by Maurice Wil
EDSAC I in June 1948
9-inch tubes used for monitoring
William Renwick with 5-hole tape reader and Creed teleprinter
Maurice Wilkes inspecting the mercury delay line of the EDSAC in construction
Manchester Mark 1
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The Manchester Mark 1 was one of the earliest stored-program computers, developed at the Victoria University of Manchester, England from the Manchester Baby. Work began in August 1948, and the first v
EDSAC
…Mathematical Laboratory in England to provide a service to the university. EDSAC was the second electronic digital stored-program computer, after the Manchester Mark 1, to go into regular service. Later the project was supported by J. Lyons & Co. Ltd., intending to develop a commercially applied computer and resulting…
The Manchester Mark 1 was one of the world's first stored-program computers.