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Manchester Baby and the birth of Computer Memory

Google is celebrating the Manchester Baby's 65th birthday, as part of its efforts to promote the heroes of computer history. Despite the nickname, the Manchester Small Scale Experimental Machine was the first computer to use electronic memory rather than punchcards for programming, heralding the software revolution. The secret was in the Williams-Kilburn cathode-ray tube, which could store a (then) staggering 128 bytes worth of data. Of course, that's not much by modern standards, but given that the 5-meter machine weighed in at over a ton, we still think it could take your fancy laptop in a bar-room brawl. Learn more and hear the immortal quips of Professor F.C. Williams. This video was produced by Google as a tribute to the "Manchester Baby"— the first computer to run a program electronically stored in its memory. This was a flagship moment, described by some as the "birth of software". While nothing remains of the original machine, a working replica is on display at MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester). For more information about MOSI and demonstration times of The Baby visit www.mosi.org.uk