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The Mercury was an early commercial computer from the mid-1950s built by Ferranti. It was the successor to the Ferranti Mark 1, adding a floating point unit for improved performance, and increased reliability by replacing the Williams tube memory with core memory and using more solid-state components. The computer had roughly 2000 vacuum tubes (mostly type CV2179/A2134 pentodes, EL81 pentodes and CV2493/ECC88 double triodes) and 2000 germanium diodes. Nineteen Mercuries were sold before Ferranti moved on to newer designs.

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rdfs:comment	The Mercury was an early commercial computer from the mid-1950s built by Ferranti. It was the successor to the Ferranti Mark 1, adding a floating point unit for improved performance, and increased reliability by replacing the Williams tube memory with core memory and using more solid-state components. The computer had roughly 2000 vacuum tubes (mostly type CV2179/A2134 pentodes, EL81 pentodes and CV2493/ECC88 double triodes) and 2000 germanium diodes. Nineteen Mercuries were sold before Ferranti moved on to newer designs. (en) La Ferranti Mercury fue una computadora comercial diseñada a mediados de la década de 1960 por Ferranti. Fue la sucesora de la Ferranti Mark 1, a la que se le agregó una unidad de punto flotante para mejorar su desempeño. Asimismo se le mejoró la confiabilidad reemplazando la memoria de tubo Williams con memoria de núcleos magnéticos y reemplazando muchos componentes valvulares por unidades de estádo sólido. La computadora poseía unos 2000 válvulas (principalmente del tipo péntodo CV2179/A2134, péntodo EL81 y tríodos dobles CV2493/ECC88), y 2000 diodos de germanio. Se vendieron diecinueve unidades antes que que Ferrante avanzara hacia nuevos modelos. (es) El Ferranti Mercury fou un ordinador comercial dissenyat a mitjans de la dècada dels 60 per Ferranti. Aquest va ser el succesor del Ferranti Mark 1, al qual se li va afegir una unitat de punt flotant per millorar el seu acompliment. Així mateix, es va millorar la confiabilitat substituint la memoria de tub Williams per una memoria de nuclis magnètics i substituint molts components valvulars per unitats d'estat sòlid. (ca)
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has abstract	El Ferranti Mercury fou un ordinador comercial dissenyat a mitjans de la dècada dels 60 per Ferranti. Aquest va ser el succesor del Ferranti Mark 1, al qual se li va afegir una unitat de punt flotant per millorar el seu acompliment. Així mateix, es va millorar la confiabilitat substituint la memoria de tub Williams per una memoria de nuclis magnètics i substituint molts components valvulars per unitats d'estat sòlid. L'ordinador tenia unes 2000 vàlvules (principalment del tipus pèntode CV2179/A2134, pèntode EL81 i tríodes dobles CV2493/ECC88), i 2000 díodes de germani. Es van vendre dinou unitats abans que Ferranti avancés cap nous models. (ca) The Mercury was an early commercial computer from the mid-1950s built by Ferranti. It was the successor to the Ferranti Mark 1, adding a floating point unit for improved performance, and increased reliability by replacing the Williams tube memory with core memory and using more solid-state components. The computer had roughly 2000 vacuum tubes (mostly type CV2179/A2134 pentodes, EL81 pentodes and CV2493/ECC88 double triodes) and 2000 germanium diodes. Nineteen Mercuries were sold before Ferranti moved on to newer designs. (en) La Ferranti Mercury fue una computadora comercial diseñada a mediados de la década de 1960 por Ferranti. Fue la sucesora de la Ferranti Mark 1, a la que se le agregó una unidad de punto flotante para mejorar su desempeño. Asimismo se le mejoró la confiabilidad reemplazando la memoria de tubo Williams con memoria de núcleos magnéticos y reemplazando muchos componentes valvulares por unidades de estádo sólido. La computadora poseía unos 2000 válvulas (principalmente del tipo péntodo CV2179/A2134, péntodo EL81 y tríodos dobles CV2493/ECC88), y 2000 diodos de germanio. Se vendieron diecinueve unidades antes que que Ferrante avanzara hacia nuevos modelos. (es)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	List of binary codes Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford List of University of Manchester people Mercury Computer Wade Allison Graham Richards Manchester Mark 1 Manchester computers Manuel Sadosky Tom Kilburn Tony Hoare List of British computers Cecilia Berdichevsky History of numerical weather prediction History of programming languages Magnetic-core memory Harwell CADET Jillian Beardwood Atlas (computer) LEO (computer) Autocode Ferranti

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