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Monday, April 24, 2023

Mechanical Computers

I watched these fascinating old videos on the mechanical computers of US Navy over the weekend and thought others might like watching them too.

 https://youtu.be/lr1uK24SND8

 https://youtu.be/5GZa63x3k60

 By watching something like this can one truly understand just how revolutionary digital computing was; which was invented by Professor of Physics John Atanasoff at Iowa State University – please see below:

 https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0385527136/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1682279661&sr=8-1#aw-udpv3-customer-reviews_feature_div

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