Hi,
Don't forget the Zuse machines, which were later proven to be Turing
complete. It is certainly fascinating to see handling binary floating point
numbers in a purely mechanical device (check it out if you happen to be in
Berlin). Later machines were electromechanical and electronics.
Regards,
Szabolcs
2015.12.04. 15:52 ezt írta ("John Cowan" <cowan(a)mercury.ccil.org>)
>
> Greg 'groggy' Lehey scripsit:
>
> > Take a look at CSIRAC in the Melbourne museum, the oldest computer in
> > the world. It's worth it, even if they don't have it running.
>
> Well, there's the Antikythera mechanism.
>
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> John Cowan
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