 | | Re: Surely we cannot be outdone? —Ross Crawford
| | | | (...) 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)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Surely we cannot be outdone? —Larry Pieniazek
| | | | | 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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