Talk:People associated with the University of Manchester
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Mark 1 was not the first modern computer but rather one of the first. Z3 was a few years earlier (see Zuse_Z3). Corrected this.
- Depends on your set of criteria of what a modern computer is, really. I studied CS at Manchester, and they were pretty insistent on the fact that the Manchester Baby was the first on account of the fact it could store data electronically. Of course they also taught us about Zuse, and I've always maintained that he had at least as good a case for claiming to be the first.
- I've altered the entry slightly so as to explicitly say why the Baby and Mark 1 were so significant, rather than just that they were. -- Fursday 17:14, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
