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To: DManA

With respect, a man named Babbage developed the first mechanical computer in the early 1800’s.


13 posted on 01/22/2011 7:55:04 AM PST by Repulican Donkey
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To: Repulican Donkey
The Antikythera mechanism was the first rudimentary mechanical computer (most likely used to calculate astronomical positions)...dated to 100-150 BC, it is a good deal older than Babbage.
24 posted on 01/22/2011 8:30:00 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (Obama and the Radical Left: 'People of the Lie')
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