17 Jun
1998
17 Jun
'98
6:20 a.m.
<It reads a set of instructions off the punch card, the gears or what hav
<you interprets the pattern, and finally displays the output on the fabric
<Sounds like a computer, in the broadest sense. The purists would say tha
<it's not a computer unless it computes. I'm sure you could do math on it
<with a few simple modifications though.
The correct catagory is data processing. Specifics are that it's a
predecessor to current CNC!
Allison