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Babbages' Difference Engine in Meccano: (URL) *surely* someone here can do better with Lego? ---...--- Steve Baker ---...--- HomeEmail: <sjbaker1@airmail.net> WorkEmail: <sjbaker@link.com> HomePage : (URL) : (4 URLs) GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GCS d-- s:+ (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Steve Baker" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:40B93E57.503070...ail.net... (...) And if that someone can get it powered by a pnaumatic engine we got a airpowered calculating machine :) Is there any place where the principles of (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I doubt that would be possible, certainly very difficult as it works with decimal digits. Maybe possible to build a binary difference engine with pneumatics. (...) It is really quite uncomplicated, google "babbage difference engine" returns (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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In lugnet.robotics, Ross Crawford wrote: (snip) Thanks for the explanation of DE principles, Ross. I spent some time looking at that site. I would have to say that DE is a Meccano "tour de force" Lego is not quite as good at complex geared (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Why? (...) I hate air controls. Need I say much more? James Powell (Analog computer maintainer) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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