5 Oct
2010
5 Oct
'10
12:49 p.m.
On 05/10/2010 1:20 PM, Alexey Toptygin wrote:
On Tue, 5 Oct 2010, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
I belive some sort of type setting device casting type for printing.
At that time calculating any kind of large mathematical table,for books
was what being thought of back then.
From the article:
Graham-Cumming goes on to add:
> What a marvel it would be to stand before this giant metal machine,
> powered by a steam engine, and running programs fed to it on a reel
> of punched cards.
I would also marvel at a reel of punched cards... I thought you usually
stack and sheet-feed them. Anyone know what I/O was actually in Babbage's
design? Alexey