>-----Original Message-----
>From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
>Sent: 15 February 2006 11:33
>To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
>Subject: Re: [OT] Computer built using relays (with link this time)
>
>
>Lindy,
>
>On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:43:10 +0200, Lindy Mayfield wrote:
>
>> Someone gave a link to Magic which was a computer built from 
>74 series 
>> TTL chips, and I though that was the
>coolest thing I had ever seen (well, not counting my first 
>trip to Amsterdam), and then someone sent me this 
>link which is a computer built from relays, and currently the 
>coolest thing I have ever seen.
>> 
>> http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~harry/Relay/index.html
>
>That's amazing, and much have been a huge amount of work - I 
>bet it's fun to watch (and hear) working!
>
>But I see he wimped out when it came to memory, and used a 
>static RAM chip...

I did think that initialy, but just imagine how many relays you would need for a 32kbyte memory! I find it quite amazing that the rest of the system uses "only" 415 relays given the surprising amount of functionality.

Regards

Mike

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