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 3 days 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.
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.
andrehacker 4 days ago [-]
Reproductions are still produced, see the wikipedia page.
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.
disillusioned1 3 days 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
drfuchs 4 days ago [-]
Wait til you see the DigiComp II! It has flip-flops driven by marbles and gravity. Truly astounding.
WalterBright 3 days ago [-]
I learned binary computing from that machine.
a1o 3 days ago [-]
It looks amazing! Thanks for mentioning it!
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rustcleaner 4 days ago [-]
Really cool! Will we ever construct Babbage's Analytical Engine?
This reminds me, a CNC wire bender is on my list.
https://groups.io/g/DIGI-COMP/topics