On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:20:44 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>> Now here's me thinking that it was the Brits who invented the first modern
>> (programmable) computer. With the Bombe being built at Bletchley Park.
>
>Likewise. It's just down the road from me.

There! It is now true.

I remember seeing a machine in Paisley museum that used recognisable punch cards
(IIRC about 18" X 24") from the 19th Century. Its output was woven cloth. So (as
usual) we Scots were there first (if you don't count the Chinese, who did
everything first). :P
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Regards
     Stephen

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