Reconstruction of mechanical logic gates and memory element of the Zuse Z1 (fjkraan.home.xs4all.nl) 15 points by mark_undoio 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] mark_undoio 4y ago ↗ Previous discussions around the Z1: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10107955 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19095871 (Z1 and Z3 related)Discussions around the Z3 (electromechanical version of the architecture): - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27544583 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30145897 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27134122 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11682343
[–] FullyFunctional 4y ago ↗ Lovely reconstruction. I still wonder how well this all worked in practice. There seems to be a lot of friction and possibility for lock-up and wear.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 16.5 ms ] threadDiscussions around the Z3 (electromechanical version of the architecture): - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27544583 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30145897 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27134122 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11682343