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Alan Turing's ACE

Alan Turing is known for the "Turing Machine" but this is a theoretical device used to prove what computers can do. What is less well known is that he designed a real physical computer - the ACE.

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Alan Sugar's PCW

The computer as a commodity isn't a concept that brings many into the business with enthusiasm but Alan Sugar approached the problem with a purpose that was close to visionary and the PCW was perhaps...

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Alan Sugar - Amstrad and the CPC

In the UK Alan Sugar's Amstrad was the first company to look at computing with an eye to producing something cheap and cheerful and in doing so they revolutionised the computer marketplace.

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Alan Kay

Alan Kay is perhaps the best known computing visionary - but what was his vision of?

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Adam Osborne

Entrepreneurs play a very special role in the development of computing. If you understand the technology well enough then it is difficult not to see opportunities for making a profit. What seems to be...

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Ada Lovelace, the first programmer

  Ada, Countess of Lovelace was born on December 10, 1815. In the 1970s a computer language was named after her in recognition of her status of the first computer programmer. Here we tell the story of...

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ABC - Atanasoff-Berry Computer

Was the ABC the 1st Computer? If you are at all interested in the history of the computer you can't help but debate the question of who actually invented the first machine? It isn't a particularly...

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A L Samuel - AI and games pioneer

Software fades away as the hardware that runs it becomes obsolete. Such is the fate of all programmers who hope to leave something for history to remember. {loadposition morehistory} One landmark that...

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The rise of people power - Computer languages in the 70's

If you are interested in the development of computer languages see the other parts of this series covering the 1950s and onwards   At the start of the 1970s computing and programming languages in...

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ICT 1301 - A 1960's Computer

Flossie is the nickname given to a historic ICT 1301 computer that has recently been rescued from the scrap heap for the third time in its 50-year history. It has now been donated to The National...

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