An Ancient Greek Computer In 1901 divers working off the isle of Antikythera found the remains of a clocklike mechanism 2,000 years old. The mechanism now appears to have been a device for ...

The “world’s oldest computer” is the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek device ... considered one of the earliest known analog computers, was found in a Greek shipwreck in 1901.

The Antikythera Mechanism is a mysterious ancient device used to calculate lunar cycles, planet motions, and more. Over 2,000-years-old, it was far more advanced than any other technology of its time.

Methods used in astronomy have helped unravel mysteries of the ancient Greek Antikythera ... parts of the ancient Greek device which is widely held as the oldest known analog computer.

Encode Greek characters simply by typing with the analogous American keyboard keys to transliterate. But transliterate the eight characters that are more unusual as below, i.e., either as Unicode or ...

revealing the remnants of an intricate system of gears that scientists believed once functioned as a sort of mechanical computer. It was likely used by ancient Greek astronomers to study the sky.

NOVA follows the ingenious sleuthing that finally decoded the truth behind the amazing ancient Greek computer. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies. Major funding ...