A bit of fun for all you gadget freaks

[rich p]

[QUOTE 3430990, member: 259"]The Antikythera mechanism was created more than 2000 years ago.

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I had no idea pasta makers were that old, Mort

 

[andyfraser]

We had a similar effort at Upper School, huge room, tons of computer stuff, bits of ticker tape spewed out that more than likely meant nothing to anyone. Probably more technology now in a greetings card that plays a tune when you open it.

When I was at school we would type our code into a teletype which would spew out paper tape. That tape was fed into the actual computer. The computer spewed out some more paper tape that was read back into the teletype to show the output.

We had another one that you programmed by turning lights on with little switches to represent the binary. You'd write your program out by hand then look up the codes you needed and enter those into the machine.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I point you to Charles Babbage and the "Difference Engine"(1837)Not my picture, but if I had seen it, it would be.

 

[slowmotion]

I point you to Charles Babbage and the "Difference Engine"(1837)Not my picture, but if I had seen it, it would be.

That is simply beautiful.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I've seen movies of it in operation, or a reconstruction. Quite amazing.
An American Show called "Nova", regarding it.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVxbNZWLP60

Here is the machine above, in the Museum of Computing History in California, where an entire Babbage engine was completed.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiRgdaknJCg

 

[slowmotion]

I can only shake my head. It looks like a car crash...

 

[Aperitif]

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I can only shake my head. It looks like a car crash...

...just doesn't add up, does it, Martin?

Just watched those Gravity A videos...wow! I really do feel like a speck of dust in the atmosphere - beautiful engineering.

 

[vernon]

For those of you who can't remember how slide rules work, here are some worked examples: http://www.antiquark.com/sliderule/sim/sr-calcs-by-example.html#mozTocId330634

And for those of you without slide rules here's a virtual one: http://www.antiquark.com/sliderule/sim/n3t/virtual-n3-t.html

 

[mr_cellophane]

I used one like this in my first job in a insurance company.

Also had the job of reading through punch tape before it was spliced together for the overnight run.

 

[welsh dragon]

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I can only shake my head. It looks like a car crash...

Beautiful machines and wonderful engineering