While not exactly ‘ancient,’ I believe that typesetting machines were an example of early (pre-digital) computers. I actually wrote a paper about it in American Printing History Association’s journal _Printing History,_ issue 21, 2017.
https://johnlabovitz.com/publications/The-electric-typesette...
While not exactly ‘ancient,’ I believe that typesetting machines were an example of early (pre-digital) computers. I actually wrote a paper about it in American Printing History Association’s journal _Printing History,_ issue 21, 2017.
https://johnlabovitz.com/publications/The-electric-typesette...