no tan yet. should we make one? this sounds interesting... (http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/z/z1.htm)
IIRC, I remember hearing C-chan once propose an idea for VERY old computer-tans; in his concept, they'd be akin to cavewomen and primitives. However, he dismissed the notion because they'd be more like hardware-tans than OS-tans.
Shouldn't stop you from coming up with an idea, though...
i thought of that. Z1 is TECHNICALLY an OS. she was programmable binary, not just a machine.
Britain made the first computer as far as I am aware. One of our universities had it finished at the end of the war.
post toast plz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer
Actually finished well before the end of the war, my bad.
Femme fatale spy from the 40's?
Oh my, oh my. This is indeed relevant to my interests.
>:3
Z1 is still the FIRST. 1936, man.
it came from germany.......nazi-puter? O___o;
Quote from: "Wikipedia"These were the world's first programmable, digital, electronic, computing devices.
Wikipedia doesn't lie. ;144
Tug of War doesn't lie...oh wait. -w-
why do you think wiki isn't a viable resource for term papers? :\
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z1_(computer) FUKYES PROOF >:3
The problem with Wikipedia and it's (lack?) of credibility is that anyone can edit it. That is a great asset, yet a major liability at the same time since some of the information may be inaccurate.
Checking out the sources sited on the article is a good idea though, and using only information that has been cited. Wikipedia is a good site, but you need to proceed with some caution.
Thats my standard method, many a valid source has been found at the bottom of a wiki page.
yes. but i'm lazy, so i use wiki anyway. xD
did i just contradict my own thought?
Hey, using ToW is all good for papers, but when it's SRS BZNS like /OSC/-things, then you better check those damn things up. >:]
Ah, the Z1 was just a mechanical calculator. The Colossus machines were true computers.
Programmable Computer, that is.
i still think Z1 should be counted. it was improved into the Z2 and Z3, ya know.
Quote from: "Red-Machine"Ah, the Z1 was just a mechanical calculator. The Colossus machines were true computers.
AFAIK Colossus Mark I was electro-mechanical, but Colossus Mark II built in 1944 was entirely electronic...
(I heard of Colossus Mark I being electomechanical in a TV science program describing war of spies in WWII)
(Anyone has different infos about Colossus MKI? And the way it was built?)
But sure Colossus Mark II could be considered the first Totally Electronic Computer in History. ;001
well, the debate will never end over who was first. anyway, the point is, if it exists, we -tan it!!
Quote from: "Aurora Borealis"The problem with Wikipedia and it's (lack?) of credibility is that anyone can edit it. That is a great asset, yet a major liability at the same time since some of the information may be inaccurate.
Checking out the sources sited on the article is a good idea though, and using only information that has been cited. Wikipedia is a good site, but you need to proceed with some caution.
I just had a chat with Wikipedia-tan (She's very cross with you guys, BTW) and she said that a normal Encyclopaedia has an average of 2 errors per page. (Because of being out of date, etc.) Wiki-tan only has 3 errors per page.
Quotea normal Encyclopaedia has an average of 2 errors per page. (Because of being out of date, etc.) Wiki-tan only has 3 errors per page.
>only 3 errors
2<3
This doesn't make sense what you're saying here.
I think she's trying to say they're pretty close
EDIT EDIT: That should have gone in a different thread
Oooh, methinks SCOPE-sama is beginning to seem like a mad scientist type. >:3
Perhaps more of a disgruntled scientist ;)
:3