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Dean Hoffman
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The first computer?
<https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/>
<https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/>
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Martin Brown
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On 07/12/2020 22:12, Dean Hoffman wrote:
Sort of but it wasn\'t fully stored program and although it would have
worked in principle but was beyond the limitations of the engineering
available at the time. Ada Lovelace was probably the first programmer.
The machine \"analytical engine\" was never built to run her programme.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine
British Science Museum has built a chunk of one from the drawings.
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co526657/difference-engine-no-2-designed-by-charles-babbage-built-by-science-museum-difference-engine
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Regards,
Martin Brown
The first computer?
https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/
Sort of but it wasn\'t fully stored program and although it would have
worked in principle but was beyond the limitations of the engineering
available at the time. Ada Lovelace was probably the first programmer.
The machine \"analytical engine\" was never built to run her programme.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine
British Science Museum has built a chunk of one from the drawings.
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co526657/difference-engine-no-2-designed-by-charles-babbage-built-by-science-museum-difference-engine
--
Regards,
Martin Brown
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David Brown
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On 07/12/2020 23:12, Dean Hoffman wrote:
It was the first /programmable/ mechanical computer. And it was not
called \"The Babbage Engine\", it was the \"Difference Engine No. 2\".
That\'s not a good start to the webpage.
There have been many \"first computers\", for the many possible
definitions of \"computer\" and whether you count by design or by actual
working model.
The term \"computer\" was originally given to a person whose job was doing
calculations (such as for trajectories for cannons). Such computers
have been around for quite a while.
The first mechanical calculating machines were from the 1600\'s.
Babbage\'s innovation for his first Difference Engine was to automate it
- it was designed to print out tables of results, rather than just aid a
human calculator (or \"computer\"). The innovation for his Analytical
Engine, then the Difference Engine No. 2, was punched cards for
programmability. (These were first used on Jacquard looms.)
But Babbage failed to make this machines - so the first working
mechanical computers came a little later.
Arguably, the first real computer (excluding humans) was the Antikythera
mechanism. But no one is entirely sure what it did.
The first computer?
https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/
It was the first /programmable/ mechanical computer. And it was not
called \"The Babbage Engine\", it was the \"Difference Engine No. 2\".
That\'s not a good start to the webpage.
There have been many \"first computers\", for the many possible
definitions of \"computer\" and whether you count by design or by actual
working model.
The term \"computer\" was originally given to a person whose job was doing
calculations (such as for trajectories for cannons). Such computers
have been around for quite a while.
The first mechanical calculating machines were from the 1600\'s.
Babbage\'s innovation for his first Difference Engine was to automate it
- it was designed to print out tables of results, rather than just aid a
human calculator (or \"computer\"). The innovation for his Analytical
Engine, then the Difference Engine No. 2, was punched cards for
programmability. (These were first used on Jacquard looms.)
But Babbage failed to make this machines - so the first working
mechanical computers came a little later.
Arguably, the first real computer (excluding humans) was the Antikythera
mechanism. But no one is entirely sure what it did.
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Rick C
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On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 5:35:15 PM UTC-5, David Brown wrote:
I read about that. I was only used once and came up with an answer of 42. Then they ditched it as being obviously broken.
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Rick C.
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On 07/12/2020 23:12, Dean Hoffman wrote:
The first computer?
https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/
It was the first /programmable/ mechanical computer. And it was not
called \"The Babbage Engine\", it was the \"Difference Engine No. 2\".
That\'s not a good start to the webpage.
There have been many \"first computers\", for the many possible
definitions of \"computer\" and whether you count by design or by actual
working model.
The term \"computer\" was originally given to a person whose job was doing
calculations (such as for trajectories for cannons). Such computers
have been around for quite a while.
The first mechanical calculating machines were from the 1600\'s.
Babbage\'s innovation for his first Difference Engine was to automate it
- it was designed to print out tables of results, rather than just aid a
human calculator (or \"computer\"). The innovation for his Analytical
Engine, then the Difference Engine No. 2, was punched cards for
programmability. (These were first used on Jacquard looms.)
But Babbage failed to make this machines - so the first working
mechanical computers came a little later.
Arguably, the first real computer (excluding humans) was the Antikythera
mechanism. But no one is entirely sure what it did.
I read about that. I was only used once and came up with an answer of 42. Then they ditched it as being obviously broken.
--
Rick C.
- Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging
- Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209
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Charlie+
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On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 18:20:26 -0800 (PST), Rick C
<gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote as underneath :
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpLcnAIpVRA 4:12 onwards - the
mechanism is well understood now and reconstruction is possible! C+
<gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote as underneath :
On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 5:35:15 PM UTC-5, David Brown wrote:
On 07/12/2020 23:12, Dean Hoffman wrote:
The first computer?
https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/
It was the first /programmable/ mechanical computer. And it was not
called \"The Babbage Engine\", it was the \"Difference Engine No. 2\".
That\'s not a good start to the webpage.
There have been many \"first computers\", for the many possible
definitions of \"computer\" and whether you count by design or by actual
working model.
The term \"computer\" was originally given to a person whose job was doing
calculations (such as for trajectories for cannons). Such computers
have been around for quite a while.
The first mechanical calculating machines were from the 1600\'s.
Babbage\'s innovation for his first Difference Engine was to automate it
- it was designed to print out tables of results, rather than just aid a
human calculator (or \"computer\"). The innovation for his Analytical
Engine, then the Difference Engine No. 2, was punched cards for
programmability. (These were first used on Jacquard looms.)
But Babbage failed to make this machines - so the first working
mechanical computers came a little later.
Arguably, the first real computer (excluding humans) was the Antikythera
mechanism. But no one is entirely sure what it did.
I read about that. I was only used once and came up with an answer of 42. Then they ditched it as being obviously broken.
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpLcnAIpVRA 4:12 onwards - the
mechanism is well understood now and reconstruction is possible! C+
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Charlie+
Guest
On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 18:20:26 -0800 (PST), Rick C
<gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote as underneath :
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpLcnAIpVRA 4:12 onwards - the
mechanism is well understood now and reconstruction is possible! C+
<gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote as underneath :
On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 5:35:15 PM UTC-5, David Brown wrote:
On 07/12/2020 23:12, Dean Hoffman wrote:
The first computer?
https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/
It was the first /programmable/ mechanical computer. And it was not
called \"The Babbage Engine\", it was the \"Difference Engine No. 2\".
That\'s not a good start to the webpage.
There have been many \"first computers\", for the many possible
definitions of \"computer\" and whether you count by design or by actual
working model.
The term \"computer\" was originally given to a person whose job was doing
calculations (such as for trajectories for cannons). Such computers
have been around for quite a while.
The first mechanical calculating machines were from the 1600\'s.
Babbage\'s innovation for his first Difference Engine was to automate it
- it was designed to print out tables of results, rather than just aid a
human calculator (or \"computer\"). The innovation for his Analytical
Engine, then the Difference Engine No. 2, was punched cards for
programmability. (These were first used on Jacquard looms.)
But Babbage failed to make this machines - so the first working
mechanical computers came a little later.
Arguably, the first real computer (excluding humans) was the Antikythera
mechanism. But no one is entirely sure what it did.
I read about that. I was only used once and came up with an answer of 42. Then they ditched it as being obviously broken.
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpLcnAIpVRA 4:12 onwards - the
mechanism is well understood now and reconstruction is possible! C+