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alexan
October 18th, 2010, 11:13 AM
"A UK campaign to build a truck-sized, prototype computer first envisaged in 1837 is gathering steam."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11530905



Will be "one thousandth-life"(less powered) the first title available?
Grenage
October 18th, 2010, 11:17 AM
What a wonderful project.
gintovan
October 18th, 2010, 11:21 AM
Steampunk FTW :P
t0p
October 18th, 2010, 12:07 PM
Wow. A computer "13,000 slower" than the ZX81. Put me down for one.
Paqman
October 18th, 2010, 01:26 PM
Wow. A computer "13,000 slower" than the ZX81. Put me down for one.

But it has 13,000 times more Babbage. Bring it on!
donkyhotay
October 18th, 2010, 02:22 PM
The real question of course is "will it run linux?"
j/k
alexan
October 18th, 2010, 02:30 PM
The real question of course is "will it run linux?"
j/k
No, seen the speed... it will kindly walking
Sporkman
October 18th, 2010, 02:46 PM
Wow. A computer "13,000 slower" than the ZX81. Put me down for one.

Quite secure, actually... Like a hacker would spend ten thousand x the usual amount of time to compromise it - I don't think so.
samalex
October 18th, 2010, 03:05 PM
They interviewed one of the guys working on the project on Morning Edition (NPR) I think on Friday. It sounds wonderful, and hopefully they can get it going.

I tried finding the story, but it never bubbled to the top on Google or NPR.org. Worth listening to if you can find it.
whiskeylover
October 18th, 2010, 04:13 PM
I'll buy one if I can Facebook on it.