Re: Anti folklore (the truth)

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From: zw... Johnny Zweig
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1990 20:36

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I think any chronology of "computing hardware" that includes anything as
rudimentary as a simple wheel-driven adding machine (i.e. notches on the
wheels to handle carry) ought to include the various (interesting, in my
opinion) developmental stages of the abacus.  One medieval abacus was
basically a table with a grid drawn on it and pebbles for counters which
had the advantage of being usable for several variants of 9-men's-Morris
(no relation to Robert) -- so it was probably the world's first calculator-
game hardware combination!  Nintendo, eat your ASICs out!

-Johnny History

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From: zw...@brutus.cs.uiuc.edu (Johnny Zweig)
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