Oldest machine

[woodelf]

Jules Richardson wrote:

>
> Ahh, that's earlier than our Marconi TAC then (1963 IIRC, although 
> designed in the late 50's).
>
> Not sure what we have that's earlier and qualifies. The Elliott 803 is 
> late 1950's (1958 I think) but has a core fault so doesn't count as 
> working until someone finds the time to fix it! It's probably the 
> earliest complete machine that we have though; prior to that we just 
> have small bits of some of the earlier famous* machines.
>
That may be easyer to fix than modern core memory , since I belive 
modern core uses IC drivers and IC sense amps
no longer made.

> Jules