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Trial by dial

In positively the last word on computers with a rotary dial, several of you point out that the EDSAC computer had this particularly archaic input device.
‘I remember the EDSAC at the Cambridge University Maths Lab, where I had the privilege of working from 1955 to 1956,’ says Henry Goodman. ‘The main input medium was five-track paper tape, but the dial could be used for inputting items such as runtime parameters.’
Which begs the question: after nearly 50 years, has the EDSAC actually come up with your answer yet?

July 29, 2004 in backbytes | Permalink

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