Sujet : Re: Reading is fundemental...
De : suzyw0ng (at) *nospam* outlook.com (Woozy Song)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 12. Apr 2025, 10:50:17
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c186282 wrote:
On 4/11/25 10:54 PM, rbowman wrote:
On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 22:00:05 -0400, c186282 wrote:
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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.
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https://www.hpmuseum.org/srw.htm
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It 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.
My university professor had a mechanical calculator in the 1970s. One of the Cortina Curta things with a crank handle on top, made in Lichtenstein. We had 2 or 3 computers on campus by then, but he loved to show it off to people.
Reading is fundemental...
Re: Reading is fundamental...