Template:Early computer characteristics
Name | First operational | Numeral system | Computing mechanism | Programming | Turing complete |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zuse Z3 (Germany) | May 1941 | Binary | Electro-mechanical | Program-controlled by punched film stock | Yes (1998) |
Atanasoff–Berry Computer (US) | mid-1941 | Binary | Electronic | Not programmable—single purpose | No |
Colossus (UK) | January 1944 | Binary | Electronic | Program-controlled by patch cables and switches | No |
Harvard Mark I – IBM ASCC (US) | 1944 | Decimal | Electro-mechanical | Program-controlled by 24-channel punched paper tape (but no conditional branch) | No |
ENIAC (US) | November 1945 | Decimal | Electronic | Program-controlled by patch cables and switches | Yes |
Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (UK) | June 1948 | Binary | Electronic | Stored-program in Williams cathode ray tube memory | Yes |
Modified ENIAC (US) | September 1948 | Decimal | Electronic | Program-controlled by patch cables and switches plus a primitive read-only stored programming mechanism using the Function Tables as program ROM | Yes |
EDSAC (UK) | May 1949 | Binary | Electronic | Stored-program in mercury delay line memory | Yes |
Manchester Mark 1 (UK) | October 1949 | Binary | Electronic | Stored-program in Williams cathode ray tube memory and magnetic drum memory | Yes |
CSIRAC (Australia) | November 1949 | Binary | Electronic | Stored-program in mercury delay line memory | Yes |