I've visited the Technikmuseum in Berlin too, the Zuse exhibit is fascinating. A history I never knew. Honestly if I didn't see the things on display I'd doubt

I've visited the Technikmuseum in Berlin too, the Zuse exhibit is fascinating. A history I never knew. Honestly if I didn't see the things on display I'd doubt it a bit. But the mechanical computer parts are there. The fine article linked here is down at the moment, so here's a few other links of interest. Berlin museum: http://www.sdtb.de/Mathematics-and-Computer-Science.1256.0.html http://www.sdtb.de/Mathematics-and-Computer-Science.1256.0.h... Chess computers: https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Konrad+Zuse https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Konrad+Zuse Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse