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The problem is older than I thought...
(lemmy.nz)
I guess now we finally know why Babbage never finished building the Analytical Engine.
Pff, who needs a display? Just do that Matrix thing and render the raw state in your head.
I didn't even see the code anymore. It's just; pinky, capro, barron.
Person, woman, man, camera, tv.
given how mechanical it was, it likely wouldn't be hard to colour some of the memory gears and make it so they are visible from the outside turning it into a display.