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Author:  Caspius=GCHQ= [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
"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?


:lol:

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/270389239/article.pl
Author:  gemma=GCHQ= [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
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?


:lol:


Linux runs on everything, you should know that. :smile:
Author:  EkO=GCHQ= [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
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."

Quote:
But does it run linux?


:lol:


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


Still haven't got it working on my psp though :(
Author:  EkO=GCHQ= [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
Sorry, I'll take that back, here it is :

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Author:  Sleeper Service=GCHQ= [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
That looks good I hope you payed for it :P
Author:  LeBeourfCurtaine [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
Um, there's already one in the Science Museum gathering dust.... :stumble:

It worked perfectly by all accounts 8)
Author:  TheMacOne=GCHQ= [ Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:09 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
LeBeourfCurtaine wrote:
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:
Author:  gemma=GCHQ= [ Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
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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It weighs in at two tons more than the Difference Engine built in 1991 at London's Science Museum.
Author:  LeBeourfCurtaine [ Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
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