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Plastic mechanical computer from 1963: The Digi-Comp 1 [video]

29 pointsby tobryesterday at 8:15 PM6 commentsview on HN

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andrehackertoday at 5:56 PM

Reproductions are still produced, see the wikipedia page.

NetMageSCWtoday at 6:33 PM

I had a CARDIAC when I was young.

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rustcleanertoday at 6:10 PM

Really cool! Will we ever construct Babbage's Analytical Engine?

drfuchstoday at 6:45 PM

Wait til you see the DigiComp II! It has flip-flops driven by marbles and gravity. Truly astounding.

leephillipstoday at 7:23 PM

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.