[HN Gopher] Bookkeeping Machines
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       Bookkeeping Machines
        
       Author : 1970-01-01
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2023-09-29 04:52 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | olejorgenb wrote:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjo-R2Kgotg
        
       | nolist_policy wrote:
       | All hail to the Ascota 170[1], Mother of all Bookkeeping
       | Machines. All mechanical, turing-complete. Can be paired with a
       | metric ton (literally) of extension cabinets[2].
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       | Unfortunately the pictures don't do this thing justice, the
       | carriage measures 36 in.
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       | [1]
       | https://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/computer/asco...
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       | [2]
       | https://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/zubehoer/buch...
        
         | nolist_policy wrote:
         | Here is a good Video about it[1]. You may wonder why the
         | carriage moves all over the place. That is because the carriage
         | position is the program counter!
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         | You can see the programming plugboard here[2].
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         | [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sUsiYnHwqI
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         | [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UonuYrruap4
        
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