Mar 11, 2024
This is going to be a wild
rambling ride. In 1939 a computer called Nimatron was made. It was
one of the earliest digital electronic computers in the world. It
did one thing: play a game called Nim. Over a decade later, in
1951, another Nim machine hit the scene. This computer called
Nimrod, was designed to demonstrate how computers worked... by
playing a game of Nim.
These machines, humble as they
may sound, end up deeply complicating the history of computing.
Join me as I, once again, muddy the long arc of
progress.
Selected
Sources:
https://archive.org/details/faster-than-thought-b.-v.-bowden
- Faster
Than Thought
https://www.goodeveca.net/nimrod/NIMROD_Guide.html
- Faster
Than Thought
