The first Swedish computer. BARK 'Binary Arithmetic (Automatic) Relay Calculator') BARK was built using standard telephone relays, implementing a 32-bit binary machine. It could perform addition in 150 ms and multiplication in 250 ms. It had a memory with 50 registers and 100 constants.Howard Aiken stated in reference to BARK "This is the first computer I have seen outside Harvard that actually works." The machine was built with 8,000 standard telephone relays, 80 km of cable and with 175,000 soldering points. Programming was done by plugboard. It was completed in February 1950 at a cost of 400,000 Swedish kronor (less than $100,000) became operational on April 28, 1950, and was taken offline on September 22, 1954. The engineers on the team led by Conny Palm. (not in the picture)
Bark var Sveriges första dator och stod klar februari 1950 till en kostnad av 400 000 kronor och invigdes officiellt av kronprins Gustaf Adolf den 28 April 1950. BARK var en 32-bitarsdator och utförde en addition på 150 ms och en multiplikation på 250 ms. Den hade ett minne på 50 register och 100 konstanter. standardtelefonreläer.
1950
The first Swedish computer. BARK 'Binary Arithmetic (Automatic) Relay Calculator') BARK was built using standard telephone relays, implementing a 32-bit binary machine. It could perform addition in 150 ms and multiplication in 250 ms. It had a memory with 50 registers and 100 constants.Howard Aiken stated in reference to BARK "This is the first computer I have seen outside Harvard that actually works." The machine was built with 8,000 standard telephone relays, 80 km of cable and with 175,000 soldering points. Programming was done by plugboard. It was completed in February 1950 at a cost of 400,000 Swedish kronor (less than $100,000) became operational on April 28, 1950, and was taken offline on September 22, 1954. The engineers on the team led by Conny Palm pictured here in 1950 when it was ready.
Conny Palm
(1907-1951)
svensk ingenjör och datorpionjär
Tekn. dr Conny Palm framför den av honom konstruerade matematikmaskinen BARK, några månader före hans död Bark 1951
Bark var Sveriges första dator och stod klar februari 1950 till en kostnad av 400 000 kronor och invigdes officiellt av kronprins Gustaf Adolf den 28 April 1950. BARK var en 32-bitarsdator och utförde en addition på 150 ms och en multiplikation på 250 ms. Den hade ett minne på 50 register och 100 konstanter. standardtelefonreläer.
The first Swedish computer. BARK 'Binary Arithmetic (Automatic) Relay Calculator') BARK was built using standard telephone relays, implementing a 32-bit binary machine. It could perform addition in 150 ms and multiplication in 250 ms. It had a memory with 50 registers and 100 constants. The machine was built with 8,000 standard telephone relays, 80 km of cable and with 175,000 soldering points. Programming was done by plugboard. It was completed in February 1950 at a cost of 400,000 Swedish kronor (less than $100,000) became operational on April 28, 1950, and was taken offline on September 22, 1954. The engineers on the team led by Conny Palm pictured here in 1950 when it was ready.
Conny Palm
(1907-1951)
svensk ingenjör och datorpionjär
Tekn. dr Conny Palm framför den av honom konstruerade matematikmaskinen BARK, några månader före hans död Bark 1951
Bark var Sveriges första dator och stod klar februari 1950 till en kostnad av 400 000 kronor och invigdes officiellt av kronprins Gustaf Adolf den 28 April 1950. BARK var en 32-bitarsdator och utförde en addition på 150 ms och en multiplikation på 250 ms. Den hade ett minne på 50 register och 100 konstanter. standardtelefonreläer.
