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Date: 2008-12-26 07:35 pm (UTC)And in memory of Babbage, I upgraded the computer. Memory has come down in cost since I originally got the computer, and now it has 2.5G and is almost silently rendering one of the more complex Lightwave models I've made to date.
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Date: 2008-12-26 08:26 pm (UTC)Babbage's difference engine #2. The image doesn't do justice to the scale - it's 8 feet tall and 11 feet long.
Video of the machine in operation is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0anIyVGeWOI. On display (and demoed daily) at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, until April. An amazing machine, well worth a visit.