On 3 Apr 2016, at 19:15, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2016-04-02 14:41 , Bob W-PDML wrote: >> An interesting article for the computer people on the list: >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35924858 > > got me interested enough to find a photo of Booth's original magnetic drum > > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_Science_Museum_by_Marcin_Wichary_-_Mercury_Delay_Line_Store_from_EDSAC_and_magnetic_drum_store_(2289268477).jpg> > > also tried to dig into his multiplication algorithm, but became impatient >
That's the sort of thing 17-18 year olds needed to know back in the day... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-35890450 B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
