Oldest computer still in current use

From: Andy Holt <andyh_at_andyh-rayleigh.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon May 12 10:17:00 2003

> Although both are valid, I was really after an electronic computer
> (although I don't care if it is digital or analog).
>
> Actually, answers like these are why I left it vague. I hadn't even
> thought about either answer, and both are fully valid. They are old
> "computing" systems, still operating today. Had I clarified my question
> with specific parameters, then you might not have suggested them as
> possible answers.

I suspect - but have no evidence to confirm - that some third-world
countries have tanks and artillery with ballistics computers made in the
1950s.

Andy
Received on Mon May 12 2003 - 10:17:00 BST