Re: Rewriting computing history...

[Exegete <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com>]

Wayne Stewart wrote:
> Exegete wrote:
>
>
> > Well, without the internal combustion engine there would be no 
> > automobile industry, but here the makers of the "engine" never dreamed 
> > of the "car."
>
>
> Definitely not so. The external combustion engine would likely have been
> the winner but maybe electric would have been popular too. 

I've never seen a Stanley Steamer, or a Baker electric car, but I've 
certanily seen lots of ICE powered cars, as old, or older than either of 
those.

Either would
> have lead to a much less poluted world.
>
> Wayne



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