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Before the Z80 there was this..........

Started by ComSoft6128, 16:07, 14 March 21

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Bryce

Well there was lots between that and the Z80. Konrad Zuse, mechanical computers, analogue computers, the Intel 4004 4-bit processor.

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Bryce.

ComSoft6128

Understood ;D


But the real question is...............can you repair it? :D

Bryce

Quote from: ComSoft6128 on 18:38, 14 March 21
Understood ;D


But the real question is...............can you repair it? :D

Analogue computer, probably not an issue. Mechanical, I doubt it. I've seen Zuse's machines in real and they are works of art.

Bryce.

Skunkfish

So the Greeks got there at least a thousand years before Babbage?  :o
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Quote from: Skunkfish on 19:09, 19 March 21
So the Greeks got there at least a thousand years before Babbage?  :o
Well, yes and no:
- yes: the Antikythera mechanism probably worked, unlike Babbage's Analytical Engine, which worked on paper only
- no: unlike the Analytical Engine,  the Antikythera mechanism was not programmable (Turing complete) in that sense, but a special purpose computer
- maybe: after all, the Greeks haven't done it at all, Aliens did (ask Erich von Däniken)  :laugh:
Enough with this disinformation and pseudo-science, let the real scientists speak up on this matter:

https://hdclump.com/ancient-aliens-mysterious-devices/

But seriously - yes, Zuse is (and should be) attributed to building the first *working*, fully programmable (Turing complete) computer. Babbage had the first concept.

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