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This would be perfect for the computer history museum [1]. For a long time (perhaps they still do?) they had a working version of the babbage engine, a circa 1
by x0x0 11y ago
This would be perfect for the computer history museum [1].
For a long time (perhaps they still do?) they had a working version of the babbage engine, a circa 1850s six ton mechanical calculator built to solve polynomials [2]. I can't overstate how cool it is; if you're in the neighborhood, they used to do daily demonstrations. Here's one such video [3]
A small hand-built computer on breadboards you can walk into would seem to be right up their alley.
[1] http://www.computerhistory.org/ http://www.computerhistory.org/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlbQsKpq3Ak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlbQsKpq3Ak
edit: s/1950/1850/
- JamesNewman 11y agoI saw the Babbage machine when it was first built at the Science Museum. It is truly beautiful.
- barbs 11y agoCambridge has their own computer history museum :) http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/ http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/.