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- From: rizzo@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (anthony.r.rizzo)
- Subject: Re: Water Transistor?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.140510.14347@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 14:05:10 GMT
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- In article <a4lm+9d.sspatter@netcom.com> sspatter@netcom.com (Samuel Scott Patterson) writes:
- >Hi.
- >
- > 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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- >sspatter@netcom.netcom.com
- >Samuel Scott Patterson 365-J Western Drive, Santa Cruz CA 95060
- >(408)459-6790
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-
- Why don't you take apart your car's automatic transmission, and
- study it. All the logic functions are already implemented there,
- with hydraulics. ;-)
-
- Tony
-
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