14 Feb
2008
14 Feb
'08
8:08 a.m.
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 10:13:12PM -0500, der Mouse wrote:
It does actually say "modern knowledge" - so presumably you could use
any kind of component you can construct. How hard is a dekatron to
make?
Gordon
Not completely
on topic, but my boss wishes to build a computer using
modern knowledge, but only materials, IO etc that existed as at 1st
Jan 1900. The basic premise is that had a need existed, and they
knew how to make one, could have it been done.
[W]e have fairly quickly identified that magnetic
logic is the only
likely candidate.
Why?
What is preventing the use of vacuum tubes, or even transistors? 1900
had the facilities to build vacuum tubes sufficient for logic, had