Yeah, Baby, Yeah
I was rather intrigued by David Link’s project to resurrect the Manchester Mark I, and commenced digging up more info about the Manchester Mark I and its predecessor, the Manchester Small Scale Experimental Machine, or “Baby”.
As it turns out, there’s already a Java-based emulator out there. Inspiration struck, and I decided to see how easy it would be to emulate the SSEM in MESS. It was, historically, the first electronic stored-program computer (if I read my sources right), so it seems like a prime candidate for support in MESS.
Without further ado, here is the Manchester Small Scale Experimental Machine displaying the results of Tom Kilburn’s “Highest Common Factor for 989″ program, including the correct answer (43).
Chances are good I’ll be able to get clearance to add this to MESS. Fingers crossed!
Tags: baby, Emulation, manchester, mark I, MESS, small scale experimental machine, ssem, wip