Sujet : Re: Reading is fundemental...
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 12. Apr 2025, 03:54:22
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 22:00:05 -0400, c186282 wrote:
Jacquard inspired BABBAGE ... who designed the first real computers -
albeit in brass gears. Poor bastard HAD IT RIGHT - but didn't live
quite long enough to see electric/electronic solutions.
https://www.hpmuseum.org/srw.htmIt had an electric motor so you didn't have to crank it but it was all
gears, cams, levers, and springs. The NYS Dept. of Education was still
using them when I worked there summers in the mid-60s.
Reading is fundemental...
Re: Reading is fundamental...