2,000 year old puzzle of the Greek calculator - solved ? ...

[dogtag]

My hat's off to those ancient Greeks and to these guys.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ed-cosmos.html

[Vern Humphrey]

They had computers earlier than that -- in Alexandria, Hero (or Heron) used ropes and rollers with pegs to drive theatrical displays -- the positions of the pegs were the "program."

[dogtag]

They had computers earlier than that -- in Alexandria, Hero (or Heron) used ropes and rollers with pegs to drive theatrical displays -- the positions of the pegs were the "program."

That's like the cotton mill machines and player pianos.
Not sure I'd call those computers.

[Vern Humphrey]

That's like the cotton mill machines and player pianos.
Not sure I'd call those computers.

They're programmable, which is the definition of computer.

[Major Tom]

They're programmable, which is the definition of computer.

Which defines our present administration!

[Vern Humphrey]

Which defines our present administration!

I would say our present administration is out of control and getting wierder.

[bdm]

Thank You for posting

[High Plaines Doug r]

They're programmable, which is the definition of computer.

Computers are a subset of programable machines but not all programable machines are computers.