17 Feb
2008
17 Feb
'08
3:03 a.m.
On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 12:56 -0500, William Donzelli wrote:
I think one of us is missing the point. Whether it's you or me I can't
tell yet.
I read the very original post, about whether or not it would be possible
to make a digital computer with the technology of the early 1900s as
"Send a list member from 2008 back to 1900 and see if they can make a
computer" - perhaps I misunderstood the question.
If that's the correct premise, then I'd say yes, it's very likely that
someone from 2008 could time-travel back to 1900 and (assuming money,
tools and a workshop, and possibly some assistants) build a working
digital computer.
Now to test this, we're going to need a TARDIS and Tony Duell...
Gordon
That's
probably covered by the "modern knowledge" part of the aforementioned
post
If you have modern knowledge, and all that knowledge it built on, just
make an Intel Core 2.
See above though - depends how much of a factor
the "modern knowledge" part
is. If people of 1900 knew how a tube worked, but just couldn't make a very
good one...
People in 1906 did not know how a tube worked. And barely how to make
them or use them.