Mike Reeves-McMillan

Before there were general-purpose computers, there were special-purpose computers that did one thing and did it,…

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Before there were general-purpose computers, there were special-purpose computers that did one thing and did it, often, surprisingly well.

Attn: steampunk authors.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-strange-victorian-computer-that-generated-latin-verse

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2 responses to “Before there were general-purpose computers, there were special-purpose computers that did one thing and did it,…”

  1. Mike Reeves-McMillan Avatar
    Mike Reeves-McMillan

    It’s so tempting to headline this, “Generate Latin verse with this one weird old trick!”

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  2. Laura Gibbs Avatar
    Laura Gibbs

    Oh my gosh, how did I not know about this???!

    Re: generating Latin, this is a hoot:

    bestlatin.blogspot.com – Special Edition: Steganometrographia

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