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The loom allowed for interchangeable weaving sequences to be saved on a cheap medium for later reuse. Movable type presses didn't make that practical with the c
by kevin_thibedeau 9mo ago
The loom allowed for interchangeable weaving sequences to be saved on a cheap medium for later reuse. Movable type presses didn't make that practical with the cost of fonts.
- 112233 9mo agoHere is a 1746 machine loom that used perforated tape, half a century before Jacquard: https://www.arts-et-metiers.net/musee/metier-tisser-les-etoffes-faconnees-de-vaucanson-destine-remplacer-lancien-metier-la-tire https://www.arts-et-metiers.net/musee/metier-tisser-les-etof... Nor is it first such device. Here is the nice image of barrel with pins that controls the 14th century machine organ: https://www.pianola.org/history/history_mechanical.cfm https://www.pianola.org/history/history_mechanical.cfm Again, while impact of Jacquard's loom was indisputably huge, ascribing origin of computers to it seems like calling Ford model T the origin of personal transportation.
- ajb 9mo agoWikipedia suggests that the Jacquard loom introduced Babbage to punched cards, which would be why it, rather than the others, is associated with the origin of computers.