LD 32: Turing and the Typewriter

• Typewriter as the inspiration for the first model of computation, Turing’s a-machine

• ‘a’ stands for automatic

• After the war, Turing developed plans for the ACE at NPL in 1945. The Pilot

• ACE was built in 1950 after Turing left NPL. It was the fastest machine of

• its time with a clock speed of 1Mhz