On Sep 9, 2005, at 22:14, Bev Walker wrote:
I hadn't thought of this in years - when I used to do key-punch
(there's a
word that appeared and disappeared!) I remember learning about
Jacquard -
on/off, slot/not slot, one/zero - all 'binary' just as computers are
*even now* until somebody comes up with a better way.
Just like the transistor, sister :^)
Nobody told me nothin' 'bout *transistors*, so I can't say :)
But I loved jacquard (way of weaving) since I was about 5, saw it for
the first time, and was told what the weave was called. So, when by
happestance, I read about his loom and how it operated... and then
visited the museum in Boston which had a very early 'puter on display
with the description of how *it* worked... and then went to Manchester
(UK) and saw how the "modernised" (in 19th century, so add steam power.
'lectric, now) jacquard loom actually worked... All within a 3-yr
span... It kinda stuck in my mind <g> Especially since it allowed me to
sneer some at my puter-geek offspring
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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