The FIBIAC
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Anthony Penzinski
May 13, 2012, 12:50:21 AM5/13/12
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> Behold the FIBIAC! Its loud! It computes! It uses /actual/ punch
> cards! This is my first working incarnation of an idea for a simple
> electromechanical computer I’ve been playing around with for the last
> few years. I was initially looking for a practical project to bolster
> my non-existent mechanical engineering skills . . . it turns out an
> electromechanical computer is not actually a great ‘starter’ project
> for someone who’s never built anything with moving parts before, but
> it seems to have worked out well enough.
> Behold the FIBIAC! Its loud! It computes! It uses /actual/ punch
> cards! This is my first working incarnation of an idea for a simple
> electromechanical computer I’ve been playing around with for the last
> few years. I was initially looking for a practical project to bolster
> my non-existent mechanical engineering skills . . . it turns out an
> electromechanical computer is not actually a great ‘starter’ project
> for someone who’s never built anything with moving parts before, but
> it seems to have worked out well enough.
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