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Plastic mechanical computer from 1963: The Digi-Comp 1 [video] (youtube.com)
andrehacker 9 hours ago [-]
Reproductions are still produced, see the wikipedia page.
redretrat 3 hours ago [-]
I bought one of these from Edmund Scientific when I was a kid. I wasn't able to figure out how it worked. I've thought about it occasionally over the years. Enjoyed the video
qsera 2 hours ago [-]
Wow. didn't know mechanical computers could be so simple.
jedimastert 4 hours ago [-]
It's cool to see Chris Staecker's channel getting some love, he brings a a kind of joy I miss from the old internet. I know it's still around, but it certainly feels more difficult to find and suppressed in many ways.
disillusioned1 2 hours ago [-]
I still have my Digi-Comp I, as well as Dr. Nim and Think-a-Dot.
drfuchs 8 hours ago [-]
Wait til you see the DigiComp II! It has flip-flops driven by marbles and gravity. Truly astounding.
WalterBright 30 minutes ago [-]
I learned binary computing from that machine.
a1o 1 hours ago [-]
It looks amazing! Thanks for mentioning it!
4 hours ago [-]
NetMageSCW 8 hours ago [-]
I had a CARDIAC when I was young.
MomsAVoxell 8 hours ago [-]
Still got it? Would be pretty neat to bust out of the attic ..
leephillips 7 hours ago [-]
I had one! One of my favorite possessions in elementary school. It came with a nice booklet introducing the theory. Because I studied that booklet, I was probably the only brat in my 2nd grade who knew about number bases. I entertained myself by converting decimal numbers into binary.
contingencies 4 hours ago [-]
3D print your own: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1477209

This reminds me, a CNC wire bender is on my list.

rustcleaner 8 hours ago [-]
Really cool! Will we ever construct Babbage's Analytical Engine?
erelong 46 minutes ago [-]
There was a (stalled) recent attempt: https://blog.plan28.org/?m=1
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