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Just another interesting article from the BBC describing a search for donations to build a full-scale, working model of Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. Designed in 1837, it would be the first complete model of the Engine, described as a "truck-sized prototype computer", and powered completely by steam. I've included the link below: | |
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This is just too nice. I'm a computer programmer and I've always dreamed of seeing a working mechanical computer. | |
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I'd be very interested to see it in action. | |
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