Hackaday

Capacitor Memory Makes Homebrew Relay Computer Historically Plausible

It’s one thing to create your own relay-based computer; that’s already impressive enough, but what really makes [DiPDoT]’s ...
Hackaday

Because Building A Relay Computer Isn’t Hard Enough

For this year’s Hackaday Prize, we’re doing something special. We’re introducing achievements for Prize projects. Think of them as merit badges. If your Hackaday Prize project has multiple parts that ...
EDN

Zusie the Relay Computer

Once you’ve seen this beauty of a relay computer in action, you’ll find it hard to resist the lure of building something similar yourself. Once you’ve seen this beauty of a relay computer in action, ...
EDN

Building a Relay Computer (Part I): The Y switch

This mini-series of articles describes how to build a computer’s CPU (central processing unit) out of relays. “Y” in English sounds like “guay” in Spanish (my mother tongue), a colloquial expression ...
GMA Network

First computer bug found 66 years ago

Nearly 70 years ago in September 1947, computer operators discovered what would eventually be known as the first actual computer bug. The bug, found 66 years ago on September 9 in a Mark II Aiken ...