Worlds oldest computer?

Discussion in 'IT and Computer-Related Degrees' started by Kizmet, Jun 9, 2016.

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  1. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

  2. novadar

    novadar Member

  3. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    I really have to slow down when I read these things. :pat:
     
  4. novadar

    novadar Member

    Or give the Minions fewer bananas, it makes them move too quickly.
     
  5. LearningAddict

    LearningAddict Well-Known Member

    I'm pretty sure the Abacus long predates this Antikythera Mechanism.

    Interesting how they keep trying to attribute everything to the Greeks and Romans when earlier scholarly works consistently show the origins of most of these things in Africa.
     
  6. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Right on both counts.

    "6000 - 4000 BCE: the Isonghee of Zaire ( Republic of Congo ) introduce mathematical abacus"

    Now that's at least 1,300 years before the Sumerian abacus. Egyptian, Persian, Greek and Chinese versions followed, in that order. There is also an Aztec variant, in the New World - the nepohualtzintzin. Some very old examples, from Olmec times (1500-400 BCE) have also been noted.

    Info from here: African History at McMaster
    And here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus

    J.
     
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