ZenkorSoraz@lemmy.ml to Worldbuilding@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat if an advanced computer was created using mideavil ancient-preindustrial technology?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareWhat if an advanced computer was created using mideavil ancient-preindustrial technology?ZenkorSoraz@lemmy.ml to Worldbuilding@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
What programming could be done with the computer and what is the highest level of interface that could be achieved?
minus-squareKornblumenratte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoExample of analogue calculators/computers: [Bones][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishango_bone] [Abacus][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus] [Slide rules][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule] [golden hats][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hat] [the Antikythera Mechanism][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism] [tide predicting machine][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide-predicting_machine] (though that was post-industrial). [flight calculator][https://www.amazon.de/dp/B004X762EY?tag=hangarflig049-21&geniuslink=true] (though this is modern) As a rule, analogue computers are not programmable. The first [programmable mechanical computer][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine] was designed in 1820, early industrial age, but couldn’t be build with the technique of the day. All working programmable computers rely on electricity Oh — of course there are the [original computers][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation)], most versatile and oldest if all.
Example of analogue calculators/computers:
As a rule, analogue computers are not programmable.
The first [programmable mechanical computer][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine] was designed in 1820, early industrial age, but couldn’t be build with the technique of the day.
All working programmable computers rely on electricity
Oh — of course there are the [original computers][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation)], most versatile and oldest if all.