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CSIRAC, Australia's first computer, still works and could help with quantum computing.

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CSIRAC is the fifth automatic digital computer ever built and the first in Australia. Built in the 1940s, it is still operational and researchers are studying it to understand principles that may be applied to modern quantum computing.

Source: ABC News

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