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March 4th, 2001, 02:38 AM
#31
Well heres one for ya. I dont even know the anser to this one...
When was the first computer made, and by whom.. And I dont mean the first PC...
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Please remember to let us know if it worked or not...JJ
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March 4th, 2001, 09:14 AM
#32
Depends on what you mean by computer. 
Somewhere around 500 B.C. the bead-and-wire abacus, used for adding and subtracting large numbers, was invented in Egypt.
In 1896 Herman Hollerith started the Tabulating Machine Co., essentially the world's first computer company.
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Hint for my question: Easy Rider
(Note: Using nothing more than what I've provided so far and you'll end up with but a single hit on two of the most popular search sites).
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March 4th, 2001, 09:53 PM
#33
Vernon, I give up.. I have killed Excite and google search engines today trying to find an answer. So call me a loser. I'm out.......JJ
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March 4th, 2001, 10:00 PM
#34
dodge,
I would guess the first "programable" computer was Colossus, which was developed around 1943 by the British governmnet to decypher the German Enigma codes.
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March 4th, 2001, 10:39 PM
#35
compliments of "Allthe web"
Konrad Zuse was born on June 22, 1910 in Berlin. He is known as the creator of the first functioning, freely programable, and fully automatic computer. Konrad Zuse studied construction engineering in Berlin. Tired of repeating calculating proceedures he built the first mechanical computer, the Z1. Then he developed from waste material, together with a few friends, in his living room of his parents, the worlds first electronic, programable calculator, the Z3. Another extrodinary acheivement is the creation of the first algorithmic programmming language "Plankalkul" in 1945. Unfortunately the German government considered his projects unimportant during the war efforts. Therefore he was never able to improve his work. He died on December 18, 1995. He was responsible in completely new thinking in the field of computers. http://www.rmc.edu/~bburrell/bcmiller/Kzuse.htm
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Thanks, Poppy.
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March 5th, 2001, 06:24 AM
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March 6th, 2001, 02:30 AM
#37
More trivial questions coming up this Friday eve sometime. I have a list LOL!
Until then I am closing this thread
This was fun.
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In the beginning there was the command line
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