Bamboo computer - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Mar 2005

On Mar 9 2005, 11:26, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
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  On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, David H. Barr wrote:

 > On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 12:53:19 -0600, Jim Isbell, W5JAI
 > <jim.isbell at gmail.com> wrote:
 >
 > > At that point I began wondeering about a steam powered computer.
 > > Actualy I guess this laptop is actually a steam powered computer by
...
  > > that historians  definition.  BUT..what
about a steam powered computer
...
  > > using steam valves and pistons.  That could
give you great gain!!!
...

 Wasn't Babbage's original design to be steam powered? 
 Yes. 
The Difference Engine isn't, it's hand-cranked.  The Analytical Engine
would have been steam-driven.

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