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Bookkeeping Machines

• olejorgenb 3y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjo-R2Kgotg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjo-R2Kgotg
• nolist_policy 3y ago
  All hail to the Ascota 170[1], Mother of all Bookkeeping Machines. All mechanical, turing-complete. Can be paired with a metric ton (literally) of extension cabinets[2]. Unfortunately the pictures don't do this thing justice, the carriage measures 36 in. [1] https://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/computer/ascota170.htm https://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/computer/asco... [2] https://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/zubehoer/buchung.htm https://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/zubehoer/buch...
  • nolist_policy 3y ago
    Here is a good Video about it[1]. You may wonder why the carriage moves all over the place. That is because the carriage position is the program counter! You can see the programming plugboard here[2]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sUsiYnHwqI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sUsiYnHwqI [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UonuYrruap4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UonuYrruap4
• halostatue 3y ago
  There are so many Smithsonian museums that it feels like HN should be showing three levels of domain here (americanhistory.si.edu) instead of just two (si.edu).
• parentheses 3y ago
  the username followed by age of the post here really got me: 1970-01-01 • 1 day ago