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.
professoretc 12 hours ago [-]
I think the algorithm recommended Chris to me because of his topology videos, and from there I watched all his "old computing devices" stuff. Something about the Boston accent, the dry humor, and the occasional audio jump-cut make his stuff quite funny.
andrehacker 22 hours ago [-]
Reproductions are still produced, see the wikipedia page.
disillusioned1 15 hours ago [-]
I still have my Digi-Comp I, as well as Dr. Nim and Think-a-Dot.
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
NetMageSCW 21 hours ago [-]
I had a CARDIAC when I was young.
MomsAVoxell 21 hours ago [-]
Still got it? Would be pretty neat to bust out of the attic ..
Wait til you see the DigiComp II! It has flip-flops driven by marbles and gravity. Truly astounding.
WalterBright 14 hours ago [-]
I learned binary computing from that machine.
a1o 14 hours ago [-]
It looks amazing! Thanks for mentioning it!
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leephillips 20 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.
Jörg's automation of the machine is truly fun :) The mechanics of the machine are really clunky and giving it an external clock made it function so much more smoothly iirc.
qsera 15 hours ago [-]
Wow. didn't know mechanical computers could be so simple.
rustcleaner 21 hours ago [-]
Really cool! Will we ever construct Babbage's Analytical Engine?
https://groups.io/g/DIGI-COMP/topics
This reminds me, a CNC wire bender is on my list.