• Episode 146 - The Z4

  • Nov 25 2024
  • Length: 58 mins
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Episode 146 - The Z4

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  • The Z4, completed by Konrad Zuse in 1945, is a computer with a wild story. It was made from scrounged parts, survived years of bombing raids, moved all around Berlin, and eventually took refuge in basements and stables. In this episode we will follow the Z4's early days, and look at how it fits into the larger picture of Zuse's work. Along the way there is looting, rumors, and even... IBM!

    Selected Sources:

    The Computer, My Life - Konrad Zuse's autobiography

    https://web.archive.org/web/20090220012346/http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/370000/361515/p678-bauer.pdf?key1=361515&key2=3342588511&coll=&dl=acm&CFID=15151515&CFTOKEN=6184618 - Plankalkul, F.L. Bauer and H. Wossner

    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9787324 - Architecture of the Z4, Rojas
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