Gamma 3, the First Electronic Computer Produced in France, Is Not a Stored-Program Computer

1952
view of Bull Gamma 3

A different view of the Bull Gamma 3. Modules of the computer fold out.

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First generation Bull Gamma 3. technikum29 museum.

First generation Bull Gamma 3. technikum29 museum.

In 1952 Compagnie des Machines Bull, the first French electronic computer manufacturer, produced its Gamma 3 electronic calculator. It was not a stored-program computer. Commands were stored in a wired "connection panel" which could store a maximum of 64 program steps.

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view of Bull Gamma 3

A different view of the Bull Gamma 3. Modules of the computer fold out.