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2,000-Year-Old Computer Found

A 2,000-year-old astronomical computing device of Roman origin has been found in the waters off of Greece. No, this isn't a fake news report from theonion.com -- it actually happened.

No word on what OS it ran, but the corroded remnants of the Ctrl, Alt and Del keys do offer a clue.

Posted by Doug Barney on December 04, 2006 at 11:52 AM


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