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The first digital _binary_ computer of the world, the Zuse Z1, was built with hand-made metal stripe relays. No tubes involved.
by Aldipower 3y ago
The first digital _binary_ computer of the world, the Zuse Z1, was built with hand-made metal stripe relays. No tubes involved.
- FredPret 3y agoCan you imagine the noise
- masklinn 3y agoThe video demonstrates relay-based computers about halfway (starting at 8:00)
- wrycoder 3y agoAlmost as bad as a room full of Selectric typewriters.
- mmh0000 3y agoCheck out this series for building a relay computer, the sound is glorious: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5-_rpS40owFzVVuxDF70Tw/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5-_rpS40owFzVVuxDF70Tw/vid...
- karmakaze 3y agoWithout transistors computers would have been greatly limited in power due to limits of miniaturizing tubes and their power consumption.
- avmich 3y agoWithout transistors it can be hard to imagine the heights vacuum tube technology would reach.
- dreamcompiler 3y agoIndeed. Would have been nice to have that mentioned in the video but it was US centric. Zuse was in Germany. His computer is in the Deutsches Museum in Munich.