On 1/9/2016 1:08 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
No, I'm not going to bring up WinXP, Win98, or Win95.
Thanks goodness!!! ;-) Of course, I still use XP, but only the virtual version within Win7 Pro. And only for an
important app that doesn't work under a 64 bit OS.
... Early in the movie you're treated to a view of a working "differential
analyzer", a mechanical computer which was first described in 1876 but not realised
until the early 20th century:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_analyser
http://museum.mit.edu/150/22
These were even built by Meccano hobbyists with Meccano parts prior to
WWII, some used for serious research. All of this was prior to the advent of
ENIAC.
I have no idea how close the "Bombe", Alan Turing's Enigma code breaker, is to the original, in "The Imitation Game".
<http://www.cliomuse.com/the-enigma-machine--four-movies-about-the-enigma-machine.html> But it's a wonderful recreation
of a mechanical computing machine and does look a lot like the original.
<https://www.google.com/search?q=enigma+bombe&tbm=isch&imgil=kXOU28DRJU3hNM%253A%253Ba-YmMui544NH7M%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fen.wikipedia.org%25252Fwiki%25252FBombe&source=iu&pf=m&fir=kXOU28DRJU3hNM%253A%252Ca-YmMui544NH7M%252C_&biw=1655&bih=1128&usg=__fqJZcHV7_XdExOfOVTTIHXgBpMc%3D&ved=0ahUKEwjG7J_bvqDKAhUJmZQKHZDVDp4QyjcIRQ&ei=jvWSVsbtJ4my0gSQq7vwCQ#imgrc=J8w7bT1huGOYoM%3A&usg=__fqJZcHV7_XdExOfOVTTIHXgBpMc%3D>
Not a computer, in the sense of a programmable machine such as Turing conceived of more generally and as we understand
it today.
Bits of Moose
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