Re: [OT]Gutenberg (was Re: Hacking the pyramids (Re: Latin w/ diacritics (was Re: benefits of unicode)))

From: J M Sykes (mike.sykes@acm.org)
Date: Fri Apr 20 2001 - 05:45:21 EDT

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>
> Two Babbage Difference Engines were built by other companies, with
> his blessing, but nobody has ever attempted an Analytical Engine to
> this day.
>
Well, I've seen *something* in the (British) Science Museum, but whether
it's complete, or works, I can't remember.

It might be truer to say nobody has yet succeeded ;-)

Mike.

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