New Zealand. We built the first mechanical computer, the Totalizer. (Babbage designed one first, but never completed a working model.) We used it to calculate odds for horse races. It was gravity-powered and used the weight of a concrete block on a rope to turn gears.
New Zealand. We built the first mechanical computer, the Totalizer. (Babbage designed one first, but never completed a working model.) We used it to calculate odds for horse races. It was gravity-powered and used the weight of a concrete block on a rope to turn gears.