26 Jan
2011
26 Jan
'11
2:43 p.m.
On 26 Jan 2011 at 18:56, Tony Duell wrote:
'A computer must be programamble' is not the
same thing as 'Any
programmable device is a computer'. I would class a Jacquard loom as a
programamble non-computational device.
Would you consider the MC14500 to be a "computer"? Motorola didn't
term it as such (they called it an "Industrial Control Unit"), but I
submit that it can be made to calculate, is programmable, and so is a
computer.
--Chuck