Minicomputer systems

by Richard H. Eckhouse

1975 343 pages eng

The front cover depicts a schematic of Prof. Derek de Solla Price's analysis of the 2000-year-old Antikythera gear mechanism, which is described on the back cover: The oldest known minicomputer system, the Antikythera mechanism, was created circa 80 B.C. by an ancient mechanician, possibly on th…