> >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

Makes you wonder if its rated in mips, kips, or cips (clicks per second)

Dave
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