Kath's Journal

By Kathb

Baby

Picture taken in The Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
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This is the blurb that goes with the replica of the computer:


In 1948, Manchester won the race to invent the world’s first modern computer.

At the University of Manchester, a computer nicknamed ‘Baby’ ran a programme electronically stored in its memory.

It contained all the elements essential to a modern computer. Manchester scientists put the city at the forefront of a global technological revolution.
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I got out of Manchester just before the big football game kicked off, but I ended up watching some of it on the TV in a pub in Preston. 

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