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milksockets:

small scale experimental machine (ssem) ‘manchester baby’ in the computer: a history from the 17th century to today - jens müller + julius wiedemann (2023)

It’s actually the Harwell Dekatron Computer, later named WITCH (for Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell). It has the distinction of being the oldest operational computer.

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