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150-Year-Old Computer Brought to Life

 
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:23 pm    Post subject: 150-Year-Old Computer Brought to Life Reply with quote

From the inventor of Cow Catchers comes ...

150-Year-Old Computer Brought to Life
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=150-year-old-computer-babbage

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

But does it work? Will it run Windoze?

More importantly, can we get it to shrub for us? #ni-1
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It looks far too shiny and new (I just hope that they corrected the mistakes he deliberately put into the plans).

The Colossus replica build at Bletchley is a much geekier piece of machinery.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2218/2189537079_680294b8a2.jpg?v=0

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Still runs faster without vista
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mohrorless wrote:
... More importantly, can we get it to shrub for us? #ni-1


I bet that even now someone is hard at work on the "Babbage Client". Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sir Hamster of Elderberry wrote:
mohrorless wrote:
... More importantly, can we get it to shrub for us? #ni-1


I bet that even now someone is hard at work on the "Babbage Client". Wink


We have to keep our eyes on the goal...
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:35 pm    Post subject: Re: 150-Year-Old Computer Brought to Life Reply with quote

Sir Hamster of Elderberry wrote:
From the inventor of Cow Catchers comes ...

150-Year-Old Computer Brought to Life
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=150-year-old-computer-babbage

(note the hand-cranks!) Smile

This flash just in: They can't run it because Bill Gates has filed a patent infringement suit against them!
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