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Re: Info wanted on eniac computers

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From: Stephen Crawley
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 1988 00:54
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In article <1496@its63b.ed.ac.uk> bct@ecsvax.ed.ac.uk (B Tompsett) writes:
>
> Edinburgh has recently celebrated 25 years of computing which does not quite
>match Manchesters 40!
>

Mere stripplings!   The Cambridge University Computer Laboratory (ne the
Mathematical Laboratory), celebrated its 50'th aniversary last year.

BTW: the CUCL Library has an extensive archive of material from the
early days.

-- Steve
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From: scc@cl.cam.ac.uk (Stephen Crawley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc,comp.misc,comp.arch
Subject: Re: Info wanted on eniac computers
Summary: Oneupmanship
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Date: 25 Jun 88 00:54:48 GMT
References: <198@marque.mu.edu> <Jun.17.21.37.08.1988.5494@porthos.rutgers.edu> <17496@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> <Jun.20.04.49.43.1988.3576@porthos.rutgers.edu> <1496@its63b.ed.ac.uk>
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