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 Post subject: Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
 Post Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:08 pm 
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"Starting in May, many will have the opportunity to see computing done the old-fashioned way: with lots of gears, a big crank, and some muscle. The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, will unveil a new construction, the first in the US, of the 19th-century British mathematician Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2, an improved version of his earlier design for a mechanical digital calculator. It weighs in at two tons more than the Difference Engine built in 1991 at London's Science Museum. Microsoft millionaire Nathan Myhrvold commissioned and paid for the US model."

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But does it run linux?


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Caspius=GCHQ= wrote:
"Starting in May, many will have the opportunity to see computing done the old-fashioned way: with lots of gears, a big crank, and some muscle. The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, will unveil a new construction, the first in the US, of the 19th-century British mathematician Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2, an improved version of his earlier design for a mechanical digital calculator. It weighs in at two tons more than the Difference Engine built in 1991 at London's Science Museum. Microsoft millionaire Nathan Myhrvold commissioned and paid for the US model."

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But does it run linux?


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Linux runs on everything, you should know that. :smile:

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 Post subject: Re: Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
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gmar=GCHQ= wrote:
Caspius=GCHQ= wrote:
"Starting in May, many will have the opportunity to see computing done the old-fashioned way: with lots of gears, a big crank, and some muscle. The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, will unveil a new construction, the first in the US, of the 19th-century British mathematician Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2, an improved version of his earlier design for a mechanical digital calculator. It weighs in at two tons more than the Difference Engine built in 1991 at London's Science Museum. Microsoft millionaire Nathan Myhrvold commissioned and paid for the US model."

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But does it run linux?


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Linux runs on everything, you should know that. :smile:


Still haven't got it working on my psp though :(

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 Post subject: Re: Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
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Sorry, I'll take that back, here it is :

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 Post subject: Re: Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
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That looks good I hope you payed for it :P

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Um, there's already one in the Science Museum gathering dust.... :stumble:

It worked perfectly by all accounts 8)

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 Post subject: Re: Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
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Um, there's already one in the Science Museum gathering dust.... :stumble:
It worked perfectly by all accounts 8)

Sounds like Nathan needed to "invest" some money somewhere :lol:

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LeBeourfCurtaine wrote:
Um, there's already one in the Science Museum gathering dust.... :stumble:

It worked perfectly by all accounts 8)


Yah this is a different on hence,
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