English Electric KDF8 | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 14/01/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_KDF8


00:00:39 1 Background
00:02:31 2 Basic features
00:02:41 2.1 Processor/main store
00:05:27 2.2 Peripherals
00:08:24 3 Instruction Set
00:14:02 4 Software
00:17:44 5 Computer operation
00:20:02 6 See also



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SUMMARY
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KDF8 was an early British computer  built by English Electric as a version of the RCA 501. By producing a software-compatible system, the intention was to reduce time and cost to develop software. However, the lengthy process of developing manufacturing capability meant that the system was soon outpaced by systems from  other vendors. Only a few systems were sold during its 5 years of production.  Due to the consolidation of the British computer industry, English Electric's computer division became one of the components of what would become ICL.