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Monday, 12 January 2009

Computing is so old hat

There have been some interesting reconstructions of historical machines recorded for television series of late including a fantastic reconstruction of Gutenberg's original press for a programme hosted by Stephen Fry. Well, how about this: a Greek 'computer' over 2,000 years old. Marvellous. Listen to some ancient Greek music whilst you're at it. Ahhhh. The marvels of human enterprise....round and round we go...