NATS 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ferranti Mark 1, Computer History Museum, Heinz Nixdorf
14 Sep 2013
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Computing in canada part 1: in the beginning. Santa clara, ca) and heinz nixdorf museums forum, paderborn, germany. Since the late 19th century some american calculator companies had been distributing their products in canada. Unlike usa and britain, canadians were not involved in computer research during wwii. Canadian military and academia were involved in bringing computer technology to canada after wwii. In 1946, the first canadian attempt at designing a general-purpose computer took place at the university of toronto (uoft). In 1948, uoft established its computation center the first such center in. In the end, a ferranti mark i came to uoft by the national research council and defense of canada (arrived in april 1952 and was named ferut) It was the first fully functional computer in canada. \ Ferut was used in a number of ways: research, external computing services, and training of computer professionals.
