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Old 14th Jan 2011, 11:45   #1
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EDSAC to be Rebuilt at Bletchley Park
EDSAC, one of the world's first electronic computers, is to be rebuilt at the National Museum of Computing.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/20...etchley-park/1
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Old 14th Jan 2011, 11:53   #2
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I would certainly be disappointed if I spent £250,000 on a computer the size of a room and it turned out to be less powerful than my mobile phone
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I would certainly be disappointed if I spent £250,000 on a computer the size of a room and it turned out to be less powerful than my mobile phone
Is that because the computer's really big, or because you've a really crap phone?
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Cool... a £250,000 rig.. but... cant it play Crysis???
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I love the fact they're going ahead and rebuilding this iconic machine.
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Whilst cool, I can't help but think what a colossal waste of money. Couldn't they have put the £250,000 towards a folding@home farm or something that will give some kind of benefit?
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Will it be watercooled and what colour fans are they going for?












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It's no more wasteful than touching up a castle for tourism. I hope it makes some noises otherwise is may not be the most exciting thing to look at...
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Colossus was used for breaking the German code designated 'Fish' not Enigma which was done by the Bombes - totally different cypher but a very common mistake.
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lol our history is a waste... you know as the saying goes if we dont learn from our pass we are doomed to repeat it, I mean we spend millions on theme parks how is this anymore important to society its all a form of entertainment and in this case I think it would be cool to see one of the forefathers that have brought about what you take advantage of on a daily basis without a second thought.
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I'm amazed they think they can do it for 250K. Seems like everything is at least a million these days.
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Will it be watercooled and what colour fans are they going for?
no they are uber cool: this thing will be using PASSIVE COOLING cheesecake
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They should strap some neon lights to the bugger.
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Cool... a £250,000 rig.. but... cant it play Crysis???
Can it play pong..lol
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