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Re:Paper Processor – What is fetch, decode, and execute? by monk_e_boy on Saturday May 28, 2016 @09:02PM (#11794316)
I'm not OP, but there are lots of mechanical logic out there.

This uses levers to make a binary adder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hs6eqSdbGc

And this uses marbles to make an adder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDshWmhF4A

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Re:Paper Processor – What is fetch, decode, and execute? by nickpsecurity on Saturday May 28, 2016 @09:44PM (#11794413)
Cant look at videos yet but descriptions sound like exact kind of thing im talking about. Well, there's those that replace the function and others that aid understanding. So, two categories of mechanical, fluidic, paper, and so on systems.
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