[OT] Re: Real Men

[brk]

On Jan 19, 2007, at 6:40 PM, Dan Jenkins wrote:


>>
>>  And I bet they use switches! Now, wire-wrap and diodes...
>
> Wirewrap? Paugh, just solder directly to the tubes... (Not the  
> Internet tubes, the vacuum ones. :-D )
> Or cut the teeth in those gears and cams for Mr. Babbage's engine.
> Unless we go back to the Antikythera Mechanism, I think that's as  
> low as we can go.
> (Please correct me if I'm wrong, as I know y'all will.) :-)
> -- 

Or just wave magnets at the core memory...