It really depends on who does end up inventing the computer- and it will be invented eventually, though perhaps not until well into the 20th century. Whoever it is becomes Britains number one rival. What would be really interresting is if it's first invented in an ideological nation, such as the United Ststes or even South China (if it's not butterflied away), in which case we would see it could be seen as "proof" that their ideology granted greater insight, and their worldview dominating the Internet and early virtual worlds, possibly leading to some of their ideology's ideas being adopted in "neutral" discourse throughout the world.