I saw the babbage engine in the British Science museum a while back when in London with my nephews - there was a section dedicated to the history of computers - an amazing sight ( for a geek anyway ) - to see those hand made magnetic cores etc. All the precision engineering ( elecrical and mechanical ) was awe inspiring.
They even a working mechanical "analogue" computer - We have it all so easy these days. On 15/9/06 01:14, "Norman Palardy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now those were cool. > The difference engine actually has been built with modern materials > and works pretty much as designed. > The fact that Ada Lovelace was the _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
