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'Baby' had the equivalent processing power of a mobile phone but filled an
entire room with technical apparatus and cables. A replica is now based within
Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry.
To mark 40 years of studying computers in Manchester, Linda looks back
at those pioneering days:
0 What do you remember about your days as a student in Manchester?
A: "It was an extremely exciting time to be an undergraduate in Computer Science
(CS). It was really the first course in the country and we were the first lot to be
admitted to that course. There were only 28 of us in the first year – and just four
girls - and we had a very close relationship with the staff because we were
pioneering our way through this course and there was this buzz and excitement
about what we were doing."
1
"Nobody had a crystal ball as to where it was actually going to go but to me it
looked very interesting because I had studied Maths and Physics at advanced
level and I wanted something that was going to continue both streams of
knowledge. And CS where we were going to learn something about the hardware
and use our Maths to do the programming seemed to be the ideal combination."
2
"I think that it gradually dawned on us about how historic the pioneers were that
were there. We had lectures from Tom Kilburn – he of course with Freddie
Williams was involved with the design of the Baby machine and in our first year he
came along and told us exactly how they put the Baby machine together. And at
the time of our third year, they were busy designing the fifth machine for
Manchester which was called MU5. And that was exciting because he would
come into his lectures and tell us exactly what they were thinking of doing on the
machine."
3
"Turing is considered by most people to be one of the original thinkers of the last
century and I think he’s had a tremendous impact. You can’t pick up any textbook
which refers to early computing without the name of Turing being mentioned and
he really was a one-off sort of guy. We’re very proud and that’s why we’re hoping
to celebrate in great style on the 40th anniversary."
4
"I can remember my time very well because there was a sense that we were
being taught by experts in the field. These were the people who had grafted
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