On 2017-Nov-10, at 9:35 AM, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Brian L. Stuart [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 10 November 2017 15:45 >> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts >> <[email protected]>; Dave Wade <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Computing Pioneer Dies >> >> On Fri, 11/10/17, Dave Wade via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/nov/08/geoff-tootill-obituary >> > > I should point out there is a technical error in the Guardian. The Baby was > the first Electronically Stored Program in what today we would call RAM. > ENIAC had been configured in stored program mode earlier in the year and had > run a program stored in the function switches, e.g. ROM a couple of months > before baby. Despite the fact that when running stored programs ENIAC's > parallel processing features were not available, it was exclusively in this > mode from 1948 onwards. Note both machines are theoretically "Turing > Complete" but having only 32 words of 32 bits the Baby was not of any > practical use for a further 18 months whilst major surgery was carried out to > add extra store and instructions to the machine leading the emergence of the > Manchester MK1.
Funny, I didn't see a "technical error" in the article. The best that can be said for your position is that you (and the ENIAC/Mauchlyite crowd) have a particular opinion and definition regarding 'stored-program computer'.
