relays Memory: Mechanical memory from the Z1 and Z2 (64 words, 32 bit) Power consumption: (about) 4 kW Z1 Z2 Z3 History of computing hardware Reverse...

the inventor of the computer. Zuse designed the Z1 in 1935 to 1936 and built it from 1936 to 1938. The Z1 was wholly mechanical and only worked for a few...

finished the Z1 which contained some 30,000 metal parts and never worked well due to insufficient mechanical precision. On 30 January 1944, the Z1 and its...