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+-   'Modern' computers 60 years old-> on Friday June 20 2008, @05:08PM Christian Smith

Submitted by Christian Smith on Friday June 20 2008, @05:08PM
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Christian Smith writes "Stored program computers are 60 years old on Saturday. The Small Scale Experimental Machine, or "Baby", first run on the 21st June 1948, in Manchester. While not the first computer, nor even programmable computer, it was the first that stored it's program in it's own memory. Luckily, transistors shrank the one tonne required for this computing power to something more manageable. Full story at the BBC website"
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