The Z1 contained almost all the parts of a modern computer, i.e. The Z2 and Z3 were follow-ups based on many of the same ideas as the Z1.ĭiagrams from Zuse's May 1936 patent for a binary switching element using a mechanism of flat sliding rods.
After WW2, it was renamed "Z1" to differentiate it from the flying bombs designed by Robert Lusser. Its original name was "V1" for Versuchsmodell 1 (meaning Experimental Model 1). The Z1 was the first in a series of computers that Zuse designed. This computer was destroyed in the bombardment of Berlin in December 1943, during World War II, together with all construction plans. It was completed in 1938 and financed completely by private funds. The “Z1” was the first freely programmable computer in the world that used Boolean logic and binary floating-point numbers, however, it was unreliable in operation. It was a binary electrically driven mechanical calculator with limited programmability, reading instructions from punched celluloid film. The Z1 was a motor-driven mechanical computer designed by Konrad Zuse from 1936 to 1937, which he built in his parents' home from 1936 to 1938. Programmable, binary, electrically motor-driven mechanical computer Replica of the Z1 in the German Museum of Technology in Berlin
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