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Perry Winkle · 11-25-2009, 07:18 PM

The antikythera machine is thought to be an early computer built in the late BC years. Then you have quite a few computing machines from the 17th century on built by people like Leibniz, Pascal, Babbage, and IBMs first machines in the late 19th century. To name a first, you need to get a little more specific. More here.

A smart ass might say the first general purpose computer was a human.

11-25-2009, 07:18 PM	#2
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	The antikythera machine is thought to be an early computer built in the late BC years. Then you have quite a few computing machines from the 17th century on built by people like Leibniz, Pascal, Babbage, and IBMs first machines in the late 19th century. To name a first, you need to get a little more specific. More here. A smart ass might say the first general purpose computer was a human.