Talk:Timeline of computing 2400 BC-1949
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Why are these tables much much wider than 100%? -- Marj 05:47 Sep 14, 2002 (UTC)
Something is wrong with our software: if the table requests "width=100%" then it will be too wide. Removing that request fixes it. The bug has already been reported. --Axel
Is it just me or does this sound like a rather absurd statement:
"Its main memory stored data as a series of acoustic pulses in 5 foot long tubes filled with mercury."
My knowledge of physics suggests that storing data as acoustic pulses in mercury is not plausible, but hey what do I know. --Tzuhou 19:12 Mar 4, 2003 (UTC)
This page and history of computing are incorrectly titled. They seem to be about history of technology used in computing rather than history of computing itself. Obviously, most computing until recently was done with pencil and paper, and that is not mentioned in these timelines. Would anyone object to moving this page to timeline of computing technology 500 BC-1949 and starting a separate page that is about computing, not about machines used in computing? Michael Hardy 21:46, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Sorry about all the minor edits one after the other - every time I thought I had found all the typo's, I found another group. --Alex 22:22, 2004 Oct 1 (UTC)
I find it very strange that the article does not mention at all the EDVAC project which introduced and documented what has become known as the von Neumann architecture, and which served as a model for several subsequent projects such as the IAS computer, JOHNIAC, EDSAC, ILLIAC, etc. Tsf 13:07, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 750 BCE - 1799CE
The use of the word "Indian" in the first section is ambiguous, is that a nickname? cohesion | talk 19:04, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
Also, it states the first use of the Abacus at around 750 BC. The Abacus page states that the earliest use was 2400 BC. Could someone please verify which of this is correct and alter the other? The Jade Knight 03:27, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
