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Saturday, August 11th, 2007 02:52 pm

A fun factoid:  Yes, IBM really has been making computers since before Bill Gates was in diapers.  (Eleven years before, in fact.)

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Sunday, August 12th, 2007 04:40 am (UTC)
I had digital computers in mind, rather than mechanical calculating machines. I don't know much about the Hollerith Tabulators ... I should look them up.

But not tonight.
Sunday, August 12th, 2007 07:47 pm (UTC)
There's one made of Meccano in NZ that was used for various purposes (can't remember what). It's still around but not in active service any more.