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Photos of the month - November 2006
Photo This is Ernie Mk 4, the computer that picks the winning numbers in the premium bonds. The orginal Ernie has lived in Blackpool, cost £25,000 to build back in 1956 and took ten days to choose a winner. [27 Nov 2006]
Photos: Britain's best-loved computer turns 50
Photo This year sees the 50th birthday of the UK's best-loved computer, premium bonds number picker Ernie, short for Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment. Fifty years ago, the original Ernie, above, was commissioned to pick out the random numbers... [02 Nov 2006]
