19 Nov
1997
19 Nov
'97
4:10 p.m.
Hi Tim:
If you're going to try this, I'd suggest starting with something simple
like an adder or a flip flop, or a register. You'd get an idea of what
would be involved with a simple processor. But I think it would end up
being pretty expensive.
How about digging out some old stuff from Konrad Zuse and building an
elctromechanical (i.e. relay-based) machine?
For the way-outs, see "The Apraphulian Wonder" from "The Magic
Machine" by
A.K. Dewdney.
Kevin
At 08:55 AM 97/11/20 +0000, you wrote:
Hello... some time ago, there was talk of building a
computer, and now I
think that I've got a (bad, possibly) idea. In the earlier half of this
century, transistors weren't avaible... vaccum tubes... huge ones, but
now, the transistor has made small ones possible. My point: If we were
to take a tubed design, and re-build it with transistors, we could
probably make it a decent size.
So, what da ya think?
Tim D. Hotze
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