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Reverse-engineering the Globus INK, a Soviet spaceflight navigation computer (2023)

• hbarka 1y ago
  Brilliant. Mr. Shirriff, please do the Antikythera next.
  • trhway 1y ago
    Both remind some of those built in the "3-body problem". My pet peeve is that even at Antikythera times they could have, if they had knowledge, built electronic devices - copper wire needle contact with crystalized molten sand gives you a diode junction, add a wire - transistor, and leather, brine, copper disks - electricity.
    • ahazred8ta 1y ago
      There was a guy on youtube who used a kiln to smelt copper ore and zinc ore, made wire coils and a vinegar battery, and demonstrated a telegraph made with bronze age resources.
    • sentinelsignal 1y ago
      I've partially heard of Antikythera. What do experts think it is?
• verstandhandel 1y ago
  The topic seemed familiar to me ;-) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35311300 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35311300 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45010658 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45010658 (+ few others with less than 1 comment)
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