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  • johnbeetem
    johnbeetem over 11 years ago +3
    I'd go with Charles Babbage . Even though he was unable to complete his Analytical Engine, it did embody the concepts necessary for general-purpose computing. According to the linked Wikipage: "It would…
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    D_Hersey over 11 years ago +3
    Antikythera mechanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Was just a stop on the way.
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    D_Hersey over 9 years ago +3
    From Pickover, Poland 1959 (my birth year) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AKAT-1.JPG
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    D_Hersey over 9 years ago

    The Greeks of classical times thought the entire universe was a computer

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    beacon_dave over 9 years ago in reply to D_Hersey

    There was the Antikythera mechanism around 100-200BC which has been referred to as an analogue computer. It appears to be able to compute astronomical positions and Olympiads.

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    beacon_dave over 9 years ago in reply to D_Hersey

    There was the Antikythera mechanism around 100-200BC which has been referred to as an analogue computer. It appears to be able to compute astronomical positions and Olympiads.

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    D_Hersey over 9 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Mentioned that one upstream, got 2 likes

    I think there is a sim on the web

    It was found in an ancient shipwreck

    Some think the Greeks had many engines like this, but they were scrapped by later generations who did not understand them, because they were made of valuable brass

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