SpaceRay
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I have found that in 1865 there was this cool and interesting Semispheric Typewriter Machine that did not know it existed, as I have always seen plain rectangular typewriters
Surely this does not include Wordprocessor  
Pinterest Semispheric Typewriter machine Original source news about this  |
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| Posted: September 15, 2014 2:49 am | ||
Ramlyn
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Thanks for posting it! I had never seen it before.
Very curious. |
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| Posted: November 10, 2014 1:58 pm | ||
Skybase
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Also check out Charles Babbage's difference machine!
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| Posted: November 10, 2014 6:27 pm | ||
Sphinx.
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Typewriters rarely do
(that is a fine piece of steampunk gear btw.) |
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| Posted: November 11, 2014 2:22 am | ||
CaliCoastReplay
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I'll expect to see the filter creating detailed models of that prototype soon.
"A house in Beverly Hills
Your daddy paying the bills A life of power and wealth Beautiful...but it helps" Pet Shop Boys, "Love, Etc.", Gui Buratto Remix |
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| Posted: November 13, 2014 6:29 am | ||
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Ramlyn
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Yes Skybase, you're right, Charles Babbage machines are interesting too. SpaceRay photo is something very particular because of its unusual shape. I really like this photo. It could be something to re-propose, maybe with a bit more complexity, also nowadays. It could attract the attention of many people.
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| Posted: November 13, 2014 6:34 am | ||
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CaliCoastReplay
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By the way - it's generally accepted that the Antikythera mechanism has a shot at being the first mechanical calculator (probably not "computer", but hey maybe, to the open-minded) as of 150-100 B.C.!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism I don't even know what you'd call that. "Stonepunk", maybe. There was an automaton invented by Al-Jazari in 1206 too, that was pretty cool. And punchcards were actually invented in 1801 for the Jacquard loom! The prehistory of computation is actually pretty excellent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming "A house in Beverly Hills
Your daddy paying the bills A life of power and wealth Beautiful...but it helps" Pet Shop Boys, "Love, Etc.", Gui Buratto Remix |
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| Posted: November 13, 2014 6:35 am | ||
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