Z4 (computer)

The Z4 was arguably the world's first commercial digital computer, and is the oldest surviving programmable computer.:1028 It was designed, and manufactured by early computer scientist Konrad Zuse's company Zuse Apparatebau, for an order placed by Henschel & Son, in 1942; though only partially assembled in Berlin, then completed in Göttingen, and not delivered before the defeat of Nazi Germany, in 1945. The Z4 was Zuse's final target for the Z3 design. Like the earlier Z2, it comprised a combination of mechanical memory and electromechanical logic, so was not a true electronic computer.

Z4
Z4 on display at the Deutsches Museum, Munich
DeveloperKonrad Zuse
ManufacturerZuse Apparatebau
TypeProgrammable, fully automatic digital electromechanical computer
Release date1945 (1945)
Introductory priceSFr 30,000 for five years
Units sold1 (to ETH Zurich in a loan deal):1077,1139
CPU@ (about) 40 Hz
MemoryMechanical, 32 bits word length
DisplayDecimal floating point numbers, punch tape or Mercedes typewriter
InputDecimal floating point numbers, punch tape
Power(about) 4 kW
MassCa. 1,000 kg (2,200 lb)
PredecessorZ3
SuccessorZ5
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