[geeks] Difference Engine at the Computer History Museum

Mark md.benson at gmail.com
Thu Apr 10 17:29:47 CDT 2008


On 10 Apr 2008, at 22:35, Mike Meredith wrote:
> The Difference Engine was a very fancy calculator; not programmable
> unlike the Analytical Engine. As to running Vista, I'm not sure  
> Babbage
> ever envisioned a mouse :)

Mice were in the version 2.0 design, which was powered by treadmills ;)

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