Ferranti Mercury
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Ferranti Mercury
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The Mercury was an early commercial computer from the mid-1950s built by Ferranti. It was the successor to the Ferranti Mark 1, adding a floating point unit for improved performance, and increased reliability by replacing the Williams tube memory with core memory and using more solid-state components. The computer had roughly 2000 vacuum tubes and 2000 germanium diodes. Nineteen Mercuries were sold before Ferranti moved on to newer designs.
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Early commercial computer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferranti_Mercury
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2022-06-02T15:17:23Z
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