The reboot of the Harwell Dekatron / WITCH computer, the world's oldest working computer

The Harwell Dekatron / WITCH clattering back into life at The National Museum of Computing on 20 November 2012. The machine - the world's oldest original wor...

The reboot of the Harwell Dekatron / WITCH computer, the world's oldest working computer
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78.7K views • Jan 23, 2013
The reboot of the Harwell Dekatron / WITCH computer, the world's oldest working computer

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The Harwell Dekatron / WITCH clattering back into life at The National Museum of Computing on 20 November 2012. The machine - the world's oldest original working digital computer dating from 1951 - can be seen at TNMOC, located on Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, UK. Opening times: http://www.tnmoc.org/visit
School groups and the public come to TNMOC to learn about computer heritage and it is hoped that students will be inspired to become the next generation of computer scientists and engineers.
More information on the computer at www.tnmoc.org
Video by TVUK for TNMOC and kindly sponsored by Google UK.

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