7 Aug
2006
7 Aug
'06
8:24 a.m.
Hi Fred,
I hope you'll keep up with this summer heat :)
Am 6 Aug 2006 16:17 meinte Fred Cisin:
> > Tony is just pulling your leg. Some sort of
newbie hazing?
> > The reality is that the CPU runs on compressed magic smoke.
> > Proof of that is that during some kinds of electrical problems,
> > the magic smoke can leak out, and it never works quite right
> > after the magic smoke leaks out.
On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Tony Duell wrote:
> But doesn't that apply to all electronic components, not just CPUs?
> Certainly the resistor I was using earlier today stopped working after
> the magic smoke came out (so I assume said smoke is what made it work).
I'm trying to figure out how to make pneumatic
(NOT hydraulic) gates.
Once I can build a half adder and full adder with compressed smoke
(no mirrors), THEN I'll be ready to start really learning how
digital electronics works.
Well, Basicly, high enough pressure given, it should faily
equaly behave like a hydraulic one - except that you'll still
keep notable delays (more as lower the pressure).
Since almost all hydraulic elemants are just mechanicals with tubes
and fluid instead of rods, it shoudn't be that hard. Now, a different
aproach would be if one goes ahead and use a constant flow of air,
like a flow of electric current, to do things. A bit like Bipolar vs.
MOS :)
Hans
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