Comment by ๐Ÿ™ norayr

Re: "This seems like it belongs here: [https link] a girlโ€ฆ"

In: s/retrocomputing

there are one instruction computers, so one has to implement a cpu that only can have one instruction and that's enough for computing.

but alas the programs become too fat this way.

and we may use relays. those are easy to do, we need lots of wires and empty big spaces.

๐Ÿ™ norayr [mod]

2025-10-27 ยท 6 months ago

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๐ŸŒฒ Half_Elf_Monk:

This seems like it belongs here: [https link] a girl muses on what would happen if humanity lost the ability to make microchips. How would computing survive?

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