Oldest operational computer was Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 54, Issue

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Christian Corti wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008, dwight elvey wrote:
>> I wish to make a correction. The tubes were called audions and were
>> not made until 1906. Low gain made them hard to use for radio uses
> 
> "Audion" and "hard to use for radio" is a contradiction...

Why even bother with tubes?  Relays were pretty consistent by the turn 
of the last century, weren't they?  I mean, they're pretty inconsistent 
in general, but they would have been consistent "enough" for use in a 
computer, right?

Peace...  Sridhar