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Title    About Zusie (Relay Based Computer)
Date    Monday February 03, @12:40PM
Author    hubie
Topic   
from the dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/02/02/1340243

owl writes:

http://www.nablaman.com/relay/about.php

I amuse myself by constructing a computer almost entirely out of relays. Relays were used to construct computers well before vacuum tubes, transistors or integrated circuits were feasible for the task. The main inspiration is the machines by Konrad Zuse of the late 30s and early 40s.

Why relays? In addition to constituting an important historical link between the mechanical and electronic computers, relays are especially fun to work with since they

So all in all, relays require you to think in very new ways compared to normal solid-state devices.


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