250 Year Old Robot.

[Nigel]

Have a look at this. Claimed to be one of the earliest forms of computer, you be the judge.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=opkNdtT8ALo

[curious1]

Have seen similar things before. They are amazing mechanical clockworks to entertain the rich people in the past but calling it a computer is a bit to much since the output is fix programmed and no user input is required apart from winding the spring.
Alf

[Biggles]

Have seen similar things before. They are amazing mechanical clockworks to entertain the rich people in the past but calling it a computer is a bit to much since the output is fix programmed and no user input is required apart from winding the spring.
Alf

Ah- read closer- you can change what it writes, so it is programmable!

[TAZZIEBAZ]

Brilliant!!   
It makes you wonder how anyone could come up with something like that!! But then, there are so many people in the past, who have been, and those who are today, absolutely brilliant!