25-06-2008, 12:01
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Apprentice Geriatric
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Re: intersting obituary for techies,geeks and nerds
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Originally Posted by steeljack
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I think that the claim to being the first computer, of a sort, would go to the inventor of the Jacquard Loom invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1801.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom
Which doesn’t detract from the achievements of David Caminer.
But 6,000 valves? No need for central heating then. |
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