tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post8535100865716372208..comments2024-03-24T10:49:25.188-05:00Comments on Phil Are Go!: NORDAC Electronic Digital Computer - Build your own Pee Cee!PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-81614026262757843282016-03-04T09:24:54.950-06:002016-03-04T09:24:54.950-06:00"So what's at 372 Main Street in Watertow..."So what's at 372 Main Street in Watertown, Massachusetts now?" Well actually... If you come upstairs, above the church... you'll find that the price for a build-it-yourself computer kit has decreased from $64.95 to $59.99. http://bit.ly/1TvrWts and that the bulbs WE light are usually over the heads of K-12 students who are the primary focus of our business. For more information, visit https://www.eduporium.com/aboutEduporiumhttp://www.eduporium.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-29949939346573036952015-05-06T07:13:00.246-05:002015-05-06T07:13:00.246-05:00The compulsion to end computer names with "-b...The compulsion to end computer names with "-bac" was so powerful that the inventor the the KENBAK-1, John Blankenbaker, used 6 letters from the middle of his name for his. Please don't ask me how I know this.Jim D.http://thousanddollarshop.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-22516803530296271262015-05-05T10:40:13.556-05:002015-05-05T10:40:13.556-05:00Believe it or not, the earliest computers were all...Believe it or not, the earliest computers were all mechanical. Charles Babbage is sort of the first person to build a general purpose computational device using gears and stuff. It was bonkers, but it worked. Even before there were electronic ones, there were electro-mechanical and even hydraulic computers. technically, even the Curta pocket calculator was sort of a mechanical computer, and that was designed buy a guy in a German prison camp.<br /><br />http://phil-are-go.blogspot.com/2010/07/curta-portable-calculator-ten-clocks-in.html<br /><br />thanks for reading, Michelle!<br /><br />[-Mgmt.]PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-42227367098376094992015-05-05T09:45:15.248-05:002015-05-05T09:45:15.248-05:00Electronic computers....:crickets:. Versus what ot...<i>Electronic</i> computers....:crickets:. Versus what other kind? Michelle_Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18439762094411780951noreply@blogger.com