📝 Early Computer Systems

Q1. A museum is restoring a Manchester Mark 1 replica. The engineer must load a program manually using front‑panel switches. Which step should be performed first before any instruction is entered?

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: C

Q2. Why was the stored‑program concept considered a breakthrough compared with earlier fixed‑task computers?

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: A

Q3. A teaching module uses paper tape to load 200 instructions, each 16 bits long, into an emulated Manchester Mark 1. Each meter of tape can hold 800 bits. How many meters of tape are required?

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: C