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- From: 90sra@eng.cam.ac.uk (S.R. Atkins)
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- Subject: Re: The Difference Engine
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.233408.1445@eng.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 23:34:08 GMT
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- ech005@cch.coventry.ac.uk (CR Willis) writes:
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- > Just for info's sake I believe that Babbages engine was actually completed
- > over a year ago. (It was shown on tomorrows world here in the UK)
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- > 'Ready ? I was born ready.'
- >
- Last I heard some elements of it had been demonstrated working, but
- engineering problems meant not all of it could at once.....keep debugging!
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