Oldest digital computer brought back to life
The Harwell Dekatron or "Witch, said to be the world's oldest computer, has been rebooted at the National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) at Bletchley Park in the U.K.
It was originally built in 1951, is 2 metres high and weighs 2.5 tonnes and is ready for action after a three year restoration project. It has 828 flashing Dekatron valves, 480 relays and a bank of paper tape readers.
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