What is the first computer?

From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn_at_ricochet.net>
Date: Thu Jun 18 11:32:34 1998

At 09:41 AM 6/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I think there was an automated loom that was invented in the 17th century
>that wove a pattern based on a template, but I don't recall if this was a

IIRC, this is where our modern-day punched cards came from.



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