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Re:A Vacuum Tube Single Board 1-Bit Computer [video] by jovial_cavalier on Monday December 04, 2023 @02:35PM (#38522003)
The guy knows that tubes are not the most efficient way to implement this. He's making it with tubes because it's cool. It's not that hard to understand.
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Re:A Vacuum Tube Single Board 1-Bit Computer [video] by kazinator on Monday December 04, 2023 @03:56PM (#38522919)
The topic has changed in this subthread; this is now why build something (with discrete components, be they transistors or tubes) rather than simulate.

The educational value of building hardware is obvious to me; it cannot be replaced with simulation, and simulation runs on hardware that someone built, who knew how.

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Re:A Vacuum Tube Single Board 1-Bit Computer [video] by jovial_cavalier on Monday December 04, 2023 @06:10PM (#38524537)
Good to know that the topic has changed. Let me know if it changes again!
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