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- From: sspatter@netcom.com (Samuel Scott Patterson)
- Subject: Water Transistor?
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- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 19:16:01 GMT
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- Hi.
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- I've been doing a bit of tinkering at home and I got to thinking
- about machine a simulated digital computer out of analog parts...
- moreso, mechanical parts. Instead of electricity, it would use
- running water. I've figured out how to do most of the
- things needed, capacitators, resistors, trnasformers, diodes, etc,
- but I don't have a clear idea of how to simulate transistors.
- I'm trying to make it with as few mechanical parts as possible.
- addimittedly, some valve doors in the diodes and loose pivots
- under the capacitator models and such like that but no heavily
- technical stuff. At any rate, any thoughts would be appreciated.
-
- -Scott
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