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harry 48



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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #30 on: April 19, 2010, 04:20:54 PM »
Quote from: Salmon Trout on April 19, 2010, 03:25:53 PM
I meant, "What is his status as a historian of computing other than a guy with a web site or a guy who posted a timeline on Computer Hope?"




he is a prof; in computing at manchester uni; and has worked in Harvard uni; instructing the teachers also at NASA on the shuttles computers
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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #31 on: April 19, 2010, 04:22:55 PM »
Quote from: harry 48 on April 19, 2010, 04:20:54 PM

he is a prof; in computing at manchester uni; and has worked in Harvard uni; instructing the teachers also at NASA on the shuttles computers
umm...

No.
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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #32 on: April 19, 2010, 04:25:48 PM »
Quote from: Geek-9pm on April 19, 2010, 04:03:10 PM
Should it be disqualified because it required elector mechanical devices?

No, it should be disqualified at the moment because all you've provided is a picture and a little blurb of your own text, and absolutely no reference material.
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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #33 on: April 19, 2010, 04:44:24 PM »
Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 19, 2010, 04:25:48 PM
No, it should be disqualified at the moment because all you've provided is a picture and a little blurb of your own text, and absolutely no reference material.
Pictures have power.  Better yet, go there an look.
The Computer History Museum in an Jose, California, Here is a map.
http://www.computerhistory.org/directions/
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The mission of the Computer History Museum is to preserve and present for posterity the artifacts and stories of the information age. As such, the Museum plays a unique role in the history of the computing revolution and its worldwide impact on the human experience.
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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #34 on: April 19, 2010, 05:00:13 PM »
Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 19, 2010, 04:22:55 PM
umm...

No.


BC_Programmer, humor , lighten up  ;D
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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #35 on: April 19, 2010, 05:11:53 PM »
Quote from: Geek-9pm on April 19, 2010, 04:44:24 PM
Better yet, go there an look.
The Computer History Museum in an Jose, California, Here is a map.

 ::)

So In order to confirm what you've said I'm supposed to travel to a city 1327 km (824 miles) from where I am?

And yet you still provide nothing. The image proves nothing. If I take a picture of a CD-ROM with grayscale and say it's from 1939 that doesn't make it so.
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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #36 on: April 19, 2010, 05:24:10 PM »
Actually, if you dig through the site it's pretty interesting.  Lots of photos and information about early computers, components and people.  It should settle a lot of questions about which was first.

This is what they say about the machine Geek posted.

I'm not sure why Geek posted the directions page, since most of don't live it that area.

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The Complex Number Calculator (CNC) is completed. In 1939, Bell Telephone Laboratories completed this calculator, designed by researcher George Stibitz.  In 1940, Stibitz demonstrated the CNC at an American Mathematical Society conference held at Dartmouth College.  Stibitz stunned the group by performing calculations remotely on the CNC (located in New York City) using a Teletype connected via special telephone lines. This is considered to be the first demonstration of remote access computing.



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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #37 on: April 19, 2010, 06:50:53 PM »
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I'm not sure why Geek posted the directions page,
since most of don't live it that area.

Sorry, I was in Bay Area  so long that
I thought over 800 miles away was
the limit of technological civilization.  :P

Technological civilization is awesome.
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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #38 on: April 19, 2010, 06:52:29 PM »
Quote from: Cityscape on April 19, 2010, 07:51:03 AM
Well I'm sure at least 1 of mine was deleted.

None of yours were deleted...
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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #39 on: April 20, 2010, 12:13:25 AM »
Quote from: harry 48 on April 19, 2010, 05:00:13 PM

BC_Programmer, humor , lighten up  ;D


A "prof" at a Manchester "uni" would certainly have mentioned the Atlas and Manchester Mark I computers in a timeline. Harry 48, where did you get that information?
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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #40 on: April 20, 2010, 12:45:56 PM »
salmon trout and BC_Programmer

do you both not see or understand the joke , humor , comedy in my answer  ::) what's the world coming to   :(
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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #41 on: April 20, 2010, 12:49:54 PM »
Quote from: harry 48 on April 20, 2010, 12:45:56 PM
salmon trout and BC_Programmer

do you both not see or understand the joke , humor , comedy in my answer  ::) what's the world coming to   :(

Oh! Right! You were being ironic! Fair play to you, mate, but I have to say, that can be tricky to pull off on a web forum sometimes.
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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #42 on: April 20, 2010, 01:28:46 PM »
Quote from: Salmon Trout on April 20, 2010, 12:49:54 PM
Oh! Right! You were being ironic! Fair play to you, mate, but I have to say, that can be tricky to pull off on a web forum sometimes.


ironic thats the word i could not find in my brain  ;D yes your right a lot of people don't understand it or get it  ;D

did you visit mulreays site myself and others here are members , and when you reach 2,000 posts you get a free weekend trip to NASA
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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #43 on: April 20, 2010, 01:32:42 PM »
Quote from: harry 48 on April 20, 2010, 01:28:46 PM
did you visit mulreays site

Yes, it has a very black background, I noticed.
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Re: Computer class, first computer?
« Reply #44 on: April 20, 2010, 01:34:34 PM »
visit mine if you want black  ;D
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