What is the first computer?

From: Hans Franke <franke_at_sbs.de>
Date: Fri Jun 19 11:52:06 1998

><> And (though no doubt I'll find I'm wrong when I look at those web pages
><> I thought Z3 was a relay machine, not electronic.

><> [Distinction. Relay - switching is performed by moving parts of the
><> circuit. Electronic, whether tubes or solid state, switching acts
><> directly on the electrons (or holes), hence the term]

> Mechanical: man or motor powered, bars cams, wheels
> Electric: Relays, steppers, solonoids and contacts has logic tree.
> Electronic: uses active devices, tubes, transistors, ICs some types of
> diodes and neon filled tubes.

A good definition, I could agree, althrough I've seen
Electric and Electronic the same, since a relay isn't
diferent from a transistor or a tube for the effekt
(beside the current).

Servus
Hans

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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
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