Discussion of large systems

[Bob]

On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:34:03 -0800 (PST), Fred Cisin wrote:

>On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, M H Stein wrote:
>> Speaking of unit record equipment, another candidate for the
>> "first" programmed "computer"?:

>Stonehenge.
>But, it took a LOT of "programmers" to make even a simple change.


By simply moving 4 markers around the 56 aubery holes at stonehenge one can predict both solar and lunar 
eclipses.

http://eclipse-chasers.com/henge1.html - covers the subject in far more detail than I can.

till later
Bob Bradlee