Plastic mechanical computer from 1963: The Digi-Comp 1 [video]

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andrehacker•about 3 hours ago

Reproductions are still produced, see the wikipedia page.

NetMageSCW•about 3 hours ago

I had a CARDIAC when I was young.

MomsAVoxell•about 3 hours ago

Still got it? Would be pretty neat to bust out of the attic ..

rustcleaner•about 3 hours ago

Really cool! Will we ever construct Babbage's Analytical Engine?

drfuchs•about 2 hours ago

Wait til you see the DigiComp II! It has flip-flops driven by marbles and gravity. Truly astounding.

leephillips•about 2 hours ago

I had one! One of my favorite possessions in elementary school. It came with a nice booklet introducing the theory. Because I studied that booklet, I was probably the only brat in my 2nd grade who knew about number bases. I entertained myself by converting decimal numbers into binary.