Woman engineer wiring an early IBM 405 "Alphabetic Accounting Machine" (1934) Photographed by Berenice Abbott.

https://www.righto.com/2017/11/identifying-early-ibm-computer-in.html

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Wow, thanks for sharing! The excourse about counters is phenomenal.

I agree. You bet :)

"In a way, accounting machines were more like cars than computers, with a motor, clutches, driveshafts, an oil pump, gears and cams."

"In a way, accounting machines were more like cars than computers, with a motor, clutches, driveshafts, an oil pump, gears and cams."

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Very cool!!!