17 Jun
1998
17 Jun
'98
7:36 a.m.
I'd give the honours of 1st computer to the Zuse Z1
- a relay machine
between the Wars, I think. But some mechanical calculators at that date
were quite sophisticated. Comments, anyone??
Well, I'd give computer credit to Babage's machine, ca. 1896, IIRC. He is,
after all the one who coined the phrase "computer."
Ciao,
Tim D. Hotze
17 Jun
17 Jun
7:49 a.m.
At 07:36 PM 6/17/98 +0300, you wrote:
Well, I'd give computer credit to Babage's
machine, ca. 1896, IIRC. He is,
after all the one who coined the phrase "computer."
There's a very good book out by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling called
"The Difference Engine". It takes place in the 1800's, a 19th century
Europe that is vastly different from our version. Sort of like Silicon
Valley, circa 1855. All deriving from Babbage's first machine, which, in
the book, he invented at a quite early age.
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John Higginbotham wrote:
At 07:36 PM 6/17/98 +0300, you wrote:
There's an even better book, _The Country of the Blind_ by Michael J.
Flynn, which uses the concept _not incompatible with history so far_
that the Analytical Engine worked and was co-opted by a conspiracy
that ever since the 1840s has used them to analyze and redirect the
progress of societies. One of the first decisions was the employment
of John Wilkes Booth.
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
Well, I'd give computer credit to Babage's
machine, ca. 1896, IIRC. He is,
after all the one who coined the phrase "computer."
There's a very good book out by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling called
"The Difference Engine". It takes place in the 1800's, a 19th century
Europe that is vastly different from our version. Sort of like Silicon
Valley, circa 1855. All deriving from Babbage's first machine, which, in
the book, he invented at a quite early age. 
8:38 a.m.
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10:03 a.m.
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Hotze wrote:
Well, I'd give computer credit to Babage's
machine, ca. 1896, IIRC. He is,
after all the one who coined the phrase "computer."
It was more like mid-1800's, and he never complete the machine, only the
(theoretical) design.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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