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Author Author: clem57
Date Created: 30 Jan 2015 4:11 PM Date Created
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"Who invented the computer?"

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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…
D_Hersey over 11 years ago +3

Antikythera mechanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Was just a stop on the way.
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

Ya don't need binary enumeration to have a computer. It is just a little easier that way.
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Former Member over 9 years ago in reply to D_Hersey

I beg to differ. Binary ensures the transistors in microprocessors have two basic states. Imagine a scenario with the decimal system and the associated circuity along its complexity.
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Former Member over 9 years ago in reply to D_Hersey

I beg to differ. Binary ensures the transistors in microprocessors have two basic states. Imagine a scenario with the decimal system and the associated circuity along its complexity.
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D_Hersey over 9 years ago in reply to Former Member

My philosophy teachers taught me that existence proof was the richest kind:

Hackaday 10th Anniversary: Non-Binary Computing | Hackaday
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D_Hersey over 9 years ago in reply to D_Hersey

http://www.mortati.com/glusker/fowler/index.htm
http://www.computer-museum.ru/english/setun.htm

http://www.multivaluedlogic.com/

http://www.righto.com/2015/10/qui-binary-arithmetic-how-1960s-ibm.html
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clem57 over 9 years ago in reply to D_Hersey

All links point to same place and are bad.
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D_Hersey over 9 years ago in reply to D_Hersey

http://www.multivaluedlogic.com/

The ternary calculating machine of Thomas Fowler

Development of ternary computers at Moscow State University. Russian Virtual Computer Museum

Qui-binary arithmetic: how a 1960s IBM mainframe does math

Sorry, Clem, dunno what happened, the link icon was acting oddly this morning, try these.
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