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I added the Early Computers category to EDVAC, and someone removed it. I don’t mind that, because of the way the Early Computers category is currently defined. However, I think that we need to address some problems.
Currently “Individual computers” includes the early one-of-a-kind computers, plus some newer ones and “early computers” includes machines that were made in larger quantaties. I think that someone looking for the earliest electronic computers (ENIAC, EDVAC, EDSAC, IAS, etc) would expect them to be in the “Early Computers” category. They wouldn’t think of looking for “Individual Computers”. Yes, someone could get to the rest of the early computers listed under “Individual computers” - if they knew the name of one of them, but they might not know. If someone found “early computers” they would miss the pioneering computers.
I propose some possible solutions:
(1) Categories of “Early one-of-a-kind (or unique) computers”, “Early mass-produced computers”, and move the non-early individual computers to another category.
(2) Keep “individual computers” category defined as it is and rename it to “unique computers” or “one-of-a-kind computers”, rename “early computers” to “Early mass-produced computers”, and create the “Early one-of-a-kind (or unique) computers” category, and put the early unique computers in both “individual” and “early unique”.
(3) A broad “Early Computers” category, with two sub-categories - one-of-a-kind and mass-produced.
(4) “Early Computers” could include all early computers, one of a kind or mass produced.
Finally, as far as what constitutes “early”, I’d say before the IBM 360 (in 1964). -- Bubba73 00:32, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Categories of Computers
I added the Early Computers category to EDVAC, and someone removed it. I don’t mind that, because of the way the Early Computers category is currently defined. However, I think that we need to address some problems.
Currently “Individual computers” includes the early one-of-a-kind computers, plus some newer ones and “early computers” includes machines that were made in larger quantaties. I think that someone looking for the earliest electronic computers (ENIAC, EDVAC, EDSAC, IAS, etc) would expect them to be in the “Early Computers” category. They wouldn’t think of looking for “Individual Computers”. Yes, someone could get to the rest of the early computers listed under “Individual computers” - if they knew the name of one of them, but they might not know. If someone found “early computers” they would miss the pioneering computers.
I propose some possible solutions:
(1) Categories of “Early one-of-a-kind (or unique) computers”, “Early mass-produced computers”, and move the non-early individual computers to another category.
(2) Keep “individual computers” category defined as it is and rename it to “unique computers” or “one-of-a-kind computers”, rename “early computers” to “Early mass-produced computers”, and create the “Early one-of-a-kind (or unique) computers” category, and put the early unique computers in both “individual” and “early unique”.
(3) A broad “Early Computers” category, with two sub-categories - one-of-a-kind and mass-produced.
(4) “Early Computers” could include all early computers, one of a kind or mass produced.
Finally, as far as what constitutes “early”, I’d say before the IBM 360 (in 1964). -- Bubba73 00:32, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)