This? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_computers … Don't know where that sits in computer chronology but it's been mentioned a few times in recent weeks.
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Yes, can only think that's what they're referring to. Bit of a stretch to claim the computer outright, though!
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That was a claim made in the post-Arena poem, I think. Raised an eyebrow then.
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They invented the monobrow. Close.
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I thought Manchester University had some early input in to the first “computer” post WWII? 1949.
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Bit of a stretch that they invented the computer.
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Ancient Greece, surely... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism …
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Indeed. Some way from Moss Side.
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The first that ran stored programs? Or just one of them?
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No, just the first computer. I think she may have skipped the detail :)
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Not unreasonable to call Baby the first computer, where "computer" implies all that it does now
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Mark_1 … This would the basis of such a claim. My guess that is simply She read this wiki page.
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