22 Jul
2004
22 Jul
'04
7:50 a.m.
I saw an ad on the History Channel that says that the program Ancient
Discoveries is on tonight at 8PM (Eastern Time) and it's supposed to be
about the Antikythera.
Joe
At 03:43 PM 7/22/04 -0300, you wrote:
My archaeology hobby leads me to some strange places
sometimes, and
sometimes I wonder if our culture is the first with "computing power".
Some of you might already know about this, but I still find the
subject very interesting...
Check out this webpage about the mechanism of Antikythera, an ancient
greek computer:
http://www.giant.net.au/users/rupert/kythera/kythera3.htm
Wouldn't it be fun to re-create this thing?
Greetings
Herbert
The Computer Museum of Nova Scotia