Despite my dissertation research on Konrad Zuse, I've been accused of a bias toward the American side of computer history. Here are a couple of news items from the U.K. that may offset that. The
first concerns what may be the first recording of music generated by a computer--the Manchester "Baby," in 1951! That is 6 years before the famous
Bell Labs demonstration, which was the inspiration for "HAL" in
2001, a Space Odyssey. Have a listen, courtesy of the BBC.
The
second is an announcement of the opening of a new exhibit on Charles Babbage and his Difference Engine, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. As you may have heard, the Museum is exhibiting a working, full-scale replica, pictured here, of Babbage's Difference Engine. Thanks to Alan J. Weissberger for this information.
These two items may help, but are not enough to give non-U.S. topics their due. Check with this blog for future posting that will address this issue more directly.
