Extreme Hardware Pr0n
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: clocker
The Babbage Difference Machine No.2. (http://gizmodo.com/386352/video-charles-babbages-difference-machine-no-2-fully-operational)
Unbelievable.
The man was amazing...he conceived this mechanism in his head and never saw it actually built.
Modern experts doubted it would work.
The father of modern computing?
Posted by: IdolEyes787
Thank you Clocker!
I was only vaguely aware of who Charles Babbage was but your post piqued my interest.
Long story short I did some reading and found some really fascinating stuff.
The man was a true genius and apparently more than a little eccentric.
And yes probably the father of modern computing.
Posted by: clocker
I came upon Babbage when still involved in clockmaking, the wonderment of the sheer mechanicality of his designs being the main attraction.
Unless you've actually tried it, the difficulty making such a complex mechanism just move is hard to appreciate.
It's a beautiful thing, no doubt about it.
Posted by: lynx
That really did it.
Rossco tried running the board one one. :frusty:
Posted by: clocker
Here's a better video of the machine...Difference Engine #2. (http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/05/exclusive-video.html)
Posted by: Detale
mechanicality!? is this a real word?? Either way Babbage was an amazing mind. like you said to even make a complex machine like this move is difficult enough but to think something like this up is amazing I wish I had half those smarts :huh:
Posted by: clocker
It's a word because I wrote it.
So there.
Posted by: Detale
Lolol