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Title: Steampunk alternative to Steam
Post by: besilarius on May 07, 2015, 06:53:27 AM

http://www.londonreconnections.com/2015/londons-lost-pneumatic-railway-the-worlds-2nd-oldest-underground/

Department stores used to have pneumatic lines to send paper notes between floors. Never heard of anything on this scale.

Title: Re: Steampunk alternative to Steam
Post by: besilarius on October 15, 2016, 09:11:18 AM

Victorian proto-computer.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-strange-victorian-computer-that-generated-latin-verse

Title: Re: Steampunk alternative to Steam
Post by: bob48 on October 17, 2016, 10:34:51 AM

I had one before my Commodore 64 :2funny:

Title: Re: Steampunk alternative to Steam
Post by: besilarius on October 17, 2016, 06:35:46 PM

Would those spinning discs with metal probes on them get entangled with the Luftschtaffe?

Title: Re: Steampunk alternative to Steam
Post by: Staggerwing on October 17, 2016, 06:41:46 PM

Quote from: besilarius on October 17, 2016, 06:35:46 PM
Would those spinning discs with metal probes on them get entangled with the Luftschtaffe?

If so, I'd feel sorry for the metal probes...

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IRL (In Real Life) => Enigmas of the Mystical => Topic started by: besilarius on May 07, 2015, 06:53:27 AM