Class 1 Tue, 2017-08-29 Introduction


Startup

Class introduction
Get computers running
make sure everyone has working csh
discuss old computing devices: mechanical, slide rule, log tables

mechanical computing

wiki mechanical computer
Babbage machine
Zuse Z1
FILE:ZuseZ1.pdf Zuse Z1 paper
DigiComp II

Electronic computing

Von Neumann I
Von Neumann II