The computing machine Z3 was officially unveiled on the 12th May 1941.
We have a new working reconstruction that we built in the last two years
in a smaller format as the original. The machine will be shown at the
the following symposium to be held in Berlin, Germany, next week.
More information under  www.zib.de/zuse


Sixty Years of Computation
Konrad Zuse's computing machine Z3: 1941 - 2001

Symposium, May 11, 2001, 9:00-13:00

Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik
Takustr. 7
14195 Berlin


Program

9:00 Uhr  Prof. Dr. P. Deuflhard (ZIB-Berlin): Welcome to the ZIB
9:15 Uhr  Prof. Dr. K. Vollmar (Universität-Karlsruhe): Welcome in name of
the Konrad-Zuse-Gesellschaft
9:30 Uhr  Dr. Horst Zuse (TU-Berlin): The reconstruction of the Z3 and
Konrad Zuse's computers

10:15-10.30 Uhr Coffee break

10:30 Uhr  Prof. Dr. Raul Rojas (FU-Berlin): Konrad Zuse's mental
laboratory: from the Z1 to the Z4
11:15 Uhr  Prof. Dr. Michael Williams (University of Calgary): Comparison of
the first computers
12.00 Uhr  Prof.Dr. Martin Campbell-Kelly (University of Warwick): Charles
Babbage's Analytical Engine: An Heroic Failure


13:00 Uhr  Lunch