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| From | Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: The joy of Ada |
| Date | 2024-10-04 15:48 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <lmah1kFmmqaU36@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On Fri, 04 Oct 2024 05:26:08 -0600, Louis Krupp wrote: >> Babbage really was a gifted engineer and maths guy, he had enough >> rep to get the govt to front him rather a lot of money to build the >> difference engine. >> >> Apparently costs-analysis was NOT one of his best skills alas. The >> machine is devilishly complicated and was at the cutting edge of >> mechanical techniques and precision at that time. >> >> I think some MIT people finally *built* one, or a substantial part >> of one. I've seen a vid, all the brass clockwork is hypnotic to >> watch. The Science Museum in London, UK built one (well, two). https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/charles-babbages- difference-engines-and-science-museum > There's this: https://blog.plan28.org/ That's the UK plan to build the Analytical Engine. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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