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Installation of the Ferranti Mercury computer in building 2 on 30 June 1958
The Ferranti Mercury was CERN's first "central" computer. It was installed in building 2 on 30 June 1958. The Mercury's performance did not compare to the simplest of today's pocket calculators. Its clock speed was a modest 1Â MHz and its RAM capacity was 2000Â 20-bit words....
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1958
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| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/39512 |
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| collection | CERN |
| description | The Ferranti Mercury was CERN's first "central" computer. It was installed in building 2 on 30 June 1958. The Mercury's performance did not compare to the simplest of today's pocket calculators. Its clock speed was a modest 1Â MHz and its RAM capacity was 2000Â 20-bit words. |
| id | cern-39512 |
| institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
| publishDate | 1958 |
| record_format | invenio |
| spelling | cern-395122019-09-30T06:29:59Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/39512Installation of the Ferranti Mercury computer in building 2 on 30 June 1958Computers and Control RoomsThe Ferranti Mercury was CERN's first "central" computer. It was installed in building 2 on 30 June 1958. The Mercury's performance did not compare to the simplest of today's pocket calculators. Its clock speed was a modest 1Â MHz and its RAM capacity was 2000Â 20-bit words.CERN-CO-1269oai:cds.cern.ch:395121958 |
| spellingShingle | Computers and Control Rooms Installation of the Ferranti Mercury computer in building 2 on 30 June 1958 |
| title | Installation of the Ferranti Mercury computer in building 2 on 30 June 1958 |
| title_full | Installation of the Ferranti Mercury computer in building 2 on 30 June 1958 |
| title_fullStr | Installation of the Ferranti Mercury computer in building 2 on 30 June 1958 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Installation of the Ferranti Mercury computer in building 2 on 30 June 1958 |
| title_short | Installation of the Ferranti Mercury computer in building 2 on 30 June 1958 |
| title_sort | installation of the ferranti mercury computer in building 2 on 30 june 1958 |
| topic | Computers and Control Rooms |
| url | http://cds.cern.ch/record/39512 |