[geeks] Difference Engine at the Computer History Museum

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Mike Meredith <very at zonky.org>
>Date: 2008/04/10 Thu PM 04:35:58 CDT
>To: geeks at sunhelp.org
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Difference Engine at the Computer History  Museum

>On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:38:29 -0500 (CDT), Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> Seriously, IIRC Mr. Babbage never finished his design, so Nathan &
>> Co. are really to be commended, because they also had to debug it...
>
>He certainly never finished the design for the Analytical Engine, but
>the Difference Engine design was certainly finished (I don't think "a
>few minor errors" can count as an unfinished design). 
>
>> Now, is this machine "Vista Capable"? ;^)
>
>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 :)

Let me guess - no sound card either - how TRS-80 of him...

Lionel