17 Jun
1998
17 Jun
'98
4:49 a.m.
At 07:36 PM 6/17/98 +0300, you wrote:
Well, I'd give computer credit to Babage's
machine, ca. 1896, IIRC. He is,
after all the one who coined the phrase "computer."
There's a very good book out by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling called
"The Difference Engine". It takes place in the 1800's, a 19th century
Europe that is vastly different from our version. Sort of like Silicon
Valley, circa 1855. All deriving from Babbage's first machine, which, in
the book, he invented at a quite early age.
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