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Re: DON'T OVERLOOK CONRAD ZUSE, PLEASE

Z3: Electromechanical (i.e. relais-based cirtcuits), digital, programmable (albeit via tape), missed the conditional branch instruction.

Colossus: Electronic (vacuum tubes), digital, programmable (albeit via switchboard)

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