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Oh Baby! First photograph of early modern computer
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6-17-2008 7:00 PM
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Run baby run!
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6-17-2008
7:09 PM
shandora
http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/45FFB1D3-71BE-4711-8557-FDCB98A79F2A/
A very good documentary about the history of computing.
6-17-2008
10:22 PM
aklimento
...And memory was based on boxes of punched cards, made from thick paper.
6-18-2008
8:43 AM
CHills
We here in Australia think that the first electronic computer was developed by our CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial research Organisation)
6-18-2008
1:53 PM
arifsali
I thought the first computer was Atanasoff's ABC.
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