Gregory's Server"The Embroidered Computer is an 8-bit universal electromechanical computer comparable to early mainframe computers that were built in the 1950s in terms of its capacity and workings. The distinctive feature of The Embroidered Computer, however, is in the manufacturing; it is handmade through traditional gold embroidery and does not incorporate any regular electronic components."
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That last image made me want to buy a vintage sewing table. @temptoetiam When I was a small boy, my mother was a Systems Analyst. One day, she brought some core memory home. It was a defective memory board that had been replaced, but she could show me how it worked and I could see the little ferromagnetic cores wrapped around the intersections between vertical and horizontal wires in a square frame. It was exceedingly interesting and obviously contagious. @temptoetiam ^^ Ma mère avait une boîte similaire, mais malheureusement pas sur pieds. Je me demande bien où elle est tiens. This Dominique Ehrmann sculpture could be the cover art. :) Image credit: Lee Geishecker/Vagabond View Photography   @temptoetiam  @temptoetiam I couldn't find the circuitry design, it'd be interesting to see it. It's a low number of switches for a 8-bit CPU even for a 1-bit ALU design. @nina_kali_nina @temptoetiam they put it in their book! page 130-149 of the book, the logical circuit is on page 70 of pdf.   @temptoetiam Just wanted to link the artist's website: http://ireneposch.net/the-embroidered-computer/ |
"The piece demonstrates the possibility to make a computer from scratch through long-established alternative materials and skills. Through its mere existence, it evokes one of the many imaginable alternative histories of computing technology and stories of plausible alternatives to our present daily lives."
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