8 Jun
2000
8 Jun
'00
5:05 p.m.
Here is a great website that documents a until now unknown (to me at
least) tabulating system invented in Australia in around 1913 used at
horse tracks.
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/
It is a pretty amazing history. It extends into the digital computer age
and goes into some detail about the use of PDP 11's which eventually
replaced the mechanical and then electromechanical design.
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