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List of vacuum tube computers

List of vacuum tube computers

Vacuum tube computers are programmable digital computers using vacuum tube logic circuitry. They were preceded by systems using electromechanical relays and followed by systems built from discrete transistors. Later entries in this list may have been built using transistors in addition to vacuum tubes.
This is a list of vacuum tube computers, arranged by date put into service:
ComputerDateNotes
Atanasoff–Berry Computer1942Not programmable, could solve a system of linear equations
Colossus1943First programmable electronic digital computer. Special purpose: cryptanalysis. Used to break the German Lorenz cipher. Working replica demonstrated daily atThe National Museum of ComputingBletchley Park.
ENIAC1946First large-scale general-purpose programmable electronic digital computer. Built by the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering for the U.S. Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory. Originally programmed by wiring together components, later converted to a form of stored-program operation.
Manchester SSEM ("The Baby")1948First stored-program computer worked June 1948. Working replica demonstrated daily in Manchester Museum of Science and Industry
EDSAC1949Provided a computing service from May 1949. Working replica currently being built at The National Museum of ComputingBletchley Park. Scheduled to go live in 2016.
Manchester Mark 11949Provided a computing service from April 1949. First index registers. Replaced in 1951 by Ferranti Mark 1.
BINAC1949First stored-program computer to be sold, but did not work for customer.
CSIRAC1949Oldest surviving first generation electronic computer — unrestored and non-functional.
SEAC1950First U.S. stored-program computer to become operational. Built by and for the U.S. National Bureau of Standards. Used solid-state diode circuits for its logic. Several computers were based on the SEAC design.
SWAC1950Built for the National Bureau of Standards, it had 2,300 vacuum tubes. It had 256 words (each 37 bits) of memory, using Williams tubes
ERA Atlas1950(Military version of Univac 1101) Used 2700 vacuum tubes for its logic circuits
MADDIDA1950Special-purpose digital computer for solving a system of differential equations. Forty-four integrators were implemented using a magnetic drum with six storage tracks. The interconnections of the integrators were specified by writing an appropriate pattern of bits onto one of the tracks.
Harvard Mark III1950It used 5,000 vacuum tubes and 1,500 crystal diodes
Pilot ACE1950Based on a full-scale design by Alan Turing
Ferranti Mark 11951First commercially available computer, based on Manchester Mark 1.
EDVAC1951The successor to ENIAC, and also built by the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering for the U.S. Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory. One of the first stored-program computers to be designed, but its entry into service was delayed. EDVAC's design influenced a number of other computers.
Harwell Dekatron Computer1951Now officially the oldest original working computer in the world. Is frequently demonstrated at The National Museum of ComputingBletchley Park.
Whirlwind1951Parallel logic, approx 5,000 vacuum tubes. First use of core memory.
UNIVAC I1951Mass-produced. 46 were made.
ORDVAC1951Built by the University of Illinois for the Ballistic Research Laboratory and was a twin of the ILLIAC I
LEO I1951First computer for commercial applications. Built by J. Lyons and Co. restaurant and bakery chain. Based on EDSAC design.
UNIVAC 11011951Designed by ERA, Used 2700 vacuum tubes for its logic circuits
Hollerith Electronic Computer(HEC)1951Initial design by Andrew Donald Booth, then engineered by British Tabulating Machine Company. HEC 1 can be seen at The National Museum of Computing,Bletchley Park.
Remington Rand 4091952Built by Remington Rand, it was a punched card calculator programmed by aplugboard
Harvard Mark IV1952built by Harvard University under the supervision of Howard Aiken for the United States Air Force
IAS machine1952Built at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), sometimes called the von Neumann machine, since design was described by John von Neumann (the Von Neumann architecture). 1500 tubes. It was the basis of about 15 other computers.
ILLIAC I1952Built by the University of Illinois in Urbana
MANIAC I1952Built at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and based on the IAS computer
IBM 7011952Built by IBM, also known as the Defense Calculator, based on the IAS computer
BESM-1, BESM-21952Built in the Soviet Union
AVIDAC1953Based on the IAS computer
FLAC1953Design based on SEAC. Located at Patrick Air Force Base.
JOHNNIAC1953Built by the RAND Corporation, based on the IAS computer
IBM 7021953Built by IBM for business computing
UNIVAC 11031953Designed by Engineering Research Associates (ERA)
RAYDAC1953Built by Raytheon for Naval Air Missile Test Center
Strela computer1953Built in the Soviet Union
IBM 6501954The world's first mass-produced computer
IBM 7041954The first mass-produced computer with floating-point arithmetic hardware for scientific use
IBM 7051954Mostly compatible with the IBM 702, for business use
BESK1954 AprilSweden's first computer and was the fastest computer in the world for a brief time
IBM NORC1954 DecBuilt by IBM for the US Navy Bureau of Ordnance, it was the first supercomputer and the most powerful computer in the world for at least 2 years. 9,800 tubes in logic.
REAC C-400 series1954In 1961 REAC installed for $60,000 at University of Minnesota[1]
UNIVAC 11021954A variation of the UNIVAC 1101 built for the US Air Force
DYSEAC1954Built by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards as an improved version of SEAC. Mounted in a trailer van, making it the first computer to be transportable.
WISC1954Built by the University of Wisconsin–Madison
CALDIC1955Designed to be inexpensive and simple to use; it used decimal arithmetic
English Electric DEUCE1955A commercial version of the Pilot ACE
ICT 1200 series1955Built by Andrew Booth
WEIZAC1955Built by the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel) under the guidance of Prof. G. Estrin. First computer designed in the Middle East.
IBM 305 RAMAC1956The first commercial computer to use a moving-head hard-disk drive for secondary storage
Bull Gamma 31956Made by Groupe Bull and contained almost 400 tubes. Source says 1952.
PERM1956Built in Munich
SMIL1956Built in Sweden and based on the IAS computer
Bendix G-151956A small computer for scientific and industrial purposes
LGP-301956Data-processing system made by Librascope [2]
UNIVAC 1103A1956First computer to have hardware interrupts
FUJIC1956The first electronic computer in Japan, designed to perform calculations for lens design by Fuji
Ferranti Pegasus1956Second oldest working computer in the world, at the London Science Museum.
SILLIAC1956Built at the University of Sydney, based on the ILLIAC and ORDVAC
RCA BIZMAC1956RCA's first commercial computer, it contained 25,000 tubes
Axel Wenner-Gren ALWAC III-E1957Commercially constructed and installed at University of British Columbia and Oregon State University (then College)[2]
Zuse Z221957An early commercial computer, built in Germany
DASK1957The first computer in Denmark; had an early implementation of ALGOL
UNIVAC 11041957A 30-bit variation of the UNIVAC 1103
Ferranti Mercury1957An early commercial computer by Ferranti
IBM 6101957A small computer designed to be used by one person with limited experience
FACIT EDB 21957
MANIAC II1957Built by the University of California and the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
MISTIC1957Michigan State University based on the ILLIAC I
MUSASINO-11957A Japanese computer based on the ILLIAC I
Sandia RAYPAC (Ray Path Analog Computer)c. 1957Sandia's Blast Prediction Unit used for Operation Teapot[3]
EDSAC 21958First computer to have a microprogrammed control unit and a bit slice hardware architecture.
IBM 7091958An improved version of the IBM 704, the FORTRAN programming language was introduced on the 709
UNIVAC II1958An improved, fully compatible version of the UNIVAC I
UNIVAC 11051958A follow-up to the UNIVAC 1103 scientific computer
AN/FSQ-71958Largest vacuum tube computer ever built. 52 were built for Project SAGE.
Ural series1959–1964Ural-1 to Ural-4.
Ferranti Perseus1958
ZEBRA1958Designed in Holland and built by Britain's Standard Telephones and Cables[4]
France SEA CAB 3031958
Rice Institute Computer1959Operational 1959-1971, 54-bit tagged architecture
Cyclone1959IAS-type computer at Iowa State College
TIFRAC1960The first computer developed in India
CER-101960The first computer developed in Yugoslavia, it also used some transistors
Philips Pascal1960
The Wegematic 10001960Renaming of the ALWAC III-E
Sumlock ANITA calculator1961Desktop calculator
UMC-11962Developed in Poland, it used the unusual negabinary number system internally
BRLESC19621727 tubes and 853 transistors
OSAGE1963Close copy of the Rice Institute Computer built at the University of Oklahoma
from wikipedia

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