[plug] What was your first computer?

Michael Hunt michael.j.hunt at usa.net
Thu Oct 18 22:54:38 WST 2001


> At 06:08 PM 18/10/2001 +0800, you wrote:
> >Okay history question here. Does anyone know what Charles Babage's
> >Analytical Engine was designed to do ??? (i.e. What project did Chuck
have
> >in mind for it ???)
>
> I may be over 21 - but not that much, I still feel like a 20 year
> old but can't find a 20 year old when I want one ;-)
>
> The babbage engine was used to handle differential equations - iirc,

Specifically to come up with Log tables, which High School taught me was the
thing you used when you didn't have a calculator.

Michael Hunt




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