An original part of one of the UK's pioneering computers has been found in the US. The part is a significant chunk of Edsac - a machine built at Cambridge in the late 1940s to serve scientists at the ...

Researchers aim to rebuild computer, but first they need the parts. The EDSAC computer (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer) circa 1949. SSPL via Getty Images — -- A missing part to one ...

Plans to rebuild the pioneering Edsac computer are a step closer to completion as parts that will form its metal chassis start to be manufactured. Edsac - Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator ...

The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), developed at the University of Cambridge, is one of the world’s earliest general-purpose computers. Volunteers at the National Museum of ...

Think of a shed and objects like spades, forks and compost in a wooden hut at the end of the garden come to mind. However, in the UK, some very old hardware is being brought back to life in some of ...

Image caption, Many of the first computers were developed during wartime and women were intimately involved in their creation and operation. Here Dorothy Du Boisson and Elsie Booker operate Colossus ...