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....the stone ages of computing to get started. Many computing timelines can be found on the internet, I used (among others) the Computing History of Hofstra University [2] It was 60 years ago, in January 1940, when the first Bell Labs relay computer was operational, the Complex Number Calculator [3]. This was hardware, not software, but nevertheless very mathematical hardware. It was demonstrated in September 1940 at the American Mathematical Association meeting via a remote terminal. Also in 1940, Konrad Zuse [4] completes the first fully functioning electro mechanical computer of the ....

Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs): The Complex Number Calculator, http: //www.lucent.com/museum/1939dc.html.

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