A historic computer or calculating device
“A historic computer or calculating device” is a question in OnlyClick, and our answer book knows 65 answers to it. The answers that come to mind first are Abacus, ENIAC and Apple II. They count, but they keep you close to the ground. It is a fairly short list: only 14 answers sit in the two rarest tiers, so reaching one takes real knowledge.
Science questions often have a fixed list behind them, so working through it in your head can turn up answers others skip. You will find it in stage 39, “Lightbulb Moments”, of the Science mission. The first stages of every mission are free, and later stages come with the full mission.
PLAY ONLYCLICK FREEThe most common answers
EVERYONE- Abacus
- ENIAC
- Apple II
- Commodore 64
- Slide rule
- Macintosh
- Antikythera mechanism
- IBM PC
- ZX Spectrum
- Colossus
- Difference Engine
- Analytical Engine
- Pascaline
- BBC Micro
These are the 14 answers we rate as most common, out of the 65 we know. They score the least. The other 51, including every rare one, stay inside the game.
How the 65 answers are spread
| EVERYONE | 3 |
| THE CROWD | 11 |
| SOME | 14 |
| A FEW | 23 |
| ALMOST NOBODY | 12 |
| ONLY YOU | 2 |
The rarer your answer, the farther your rocket flies. Rarity is our own estimate of how few people would think of an answer. How to play.
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