I think I still have "101 Projects for the Z-80" on my shelf... :)
Mark
Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote:
On Jan 9, 2008, at 11:30 PM, Tracy R Reed wrote:
I have long thought it would be cool to build a simple computer out of
transistors, vacuum tubes, or relays. Not only for the educational
aspects but also for the art of it. And to demonstrate that a computer
is not magical. It is a machine just like any other. A very
complicated one. But a machine all the same. Transistors themselves
almost seem magical so they are out. Vacuum tubes are expensive and
potentially failure prone. But relays seem just right. They are
mechanical devices that people can understand. Put enough of them
together in the right way and you can actually make a semi-useful
computing machine.
I have to say, I've always wondered about exactly the same things.
Thanks for pointing this out, I think it's completely awesome, and
dispels a lot of mysticism that surrounds the "magic black boxes" that
make my computers compute.
Gregory
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