Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, July 23 2012 @ 02:14 PM EDT |
Yes, absolutely, you can build fundamental logic gates with pneumatic
valves--which you could theoretically build up into a whole computer. After all,
Babbage (almost) built one with gears and cams.
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Authored by: Wol on Monday, July 23 2012 @ 03:23 PM EDT |
Didn't they actually build one? To model the flow of money?
You'll need to search for yourself, but I thought the Bank Of England for many
years had such a water computer. (Maybe they didn't - it could be an urban
legend.)
Cheers,
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, July 23 2012 @ 04:02 PM EDT |
There is no need to make a processor out of buckets and troughs.
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