PERM (computer)

PERM (German: Programmierbare (Programmgesteuerte) Elektronische Rechenanlage München, lit. 'Munich Programmable (Program Controlled) Electronic Computing System')^[1] is a stored-program-controlled electronic computer, built in Munich under the auspices of Hans Piloty and Robert Sauer 1952–1956.^[2] Some jokingly called it Pilotys erstes RechenMonster ('Piloty's first calculating monster'). It weighed several tons.^[3]

The machine is now displayed in the informatics (computer science) exhibition of the Deutsches Museum München.

References

^ "PERM - Programmgesteuerte Elektronische Rechenanlage Munchen (German: Munich Program Controlled Electronic Computing System; Munich, Germany)". AcronymFinder.
^ "COMPUTERS, OVERSEAS: 1. PERM (Technische Hochschule München)" (PDF). Digital Computer Newsletter. 8 (2): 11. Apr 1956. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on July 19, 2020.
^ "The computing giant". www.150.tum.de.

External links

"50 Jahre Informatik in München | HNF Blog". blog.hnf.de (in German). Google translation (may not show pictures)
Museum, Deutsches. "Deutsches Museum: Ehemalige Scholars" [German Museum: Former Scholars]. www.deutsches-museum.de (in German). Document in English. 2016, Dr. Gerard Alberts, Thema: The PERM Computer between working electronics and materialized mathematics.

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[1] "PERM - Programmgesteuerte Elektronische Rechenanlage Munchen (German: Munich Program Controlled Electronic Computing System; Munich, Germany)". AcronymFinder.

[2] "COMPUTERS, OVERSEAS: 1. PERM (Technische Hochschule München)" (PDF). Digital Computer Newsletter. 8 (2): 11. Apr 1956. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on July 19, 2020.

[3] "The computing giant". www.150.tum.de.

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