You might be interested in the book, the Difference Engine, by William Gibson, and Bruce Sterling. They spin a tail not so different from the setting you propose. Except they have the difference engine being widely adopted, and being used for a wide variety of purposes.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/BookSearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=T28eS7yAvp&isbn=055329461X&itm=1 Kevin --- Thurman Pedigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lady Lovelace and Babbage undertook (and failed) a > scheme for financing an > enterprise to develop, and market the difference > engine by handicapping > horse-races. Had they chosen blackjack it could have > been a different > outcome, given her aptitude with Bernoulli numbers. > > Anyone ever dream what the world might be, had ENIAC > arrived one century > earlier? ;-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:hardhats- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Greg Woodhouse > > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 5:37 PM > > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] VistA Community > Meeting - Boston, April 7- > > 10 > > > > And, of course Ada Byron coded the site's back end > in the language that > > is her namesake! 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