detnyre
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detnyre
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Post by detnyre on May 10, 2006 21:20:55 GMT -5
I have been reading several books on computer history (most recently "Breakthrough to the Computer Age" by Barry Wulforst) and have been researching building a relay computer. I came across this web site that shows a relay computer that was built in action: web.cecs.pdx.edu/~harry/Relay/index.htmlI found it to be fascinating...
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Post by thurstan on May 11, 2006 2:54:18 GMT -5
wow, that is a cool machine. Wonder how he actually uses it ?!!
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Post by retrobits on May 13, 2006 0:39:44 GMT -5
A friend of mine attends Portland State in the Computer Science dept, and has actually seen this system in action. He forwarded me the info and a picture he took himself with his cellphone camera. I'm going to do my best to arrange a Retrobits show on this system, with an interview if I can. It looks great!
- Earl
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