bobmeades Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 (edited) On 07/09/2018 at 4:08 AM, Achilles said: Anything that requires user input. Is transistors at the heart of it, acting as on and off switches which equate to values (most commonly 1's and 0's)? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpk67YzOn5w Have you never heard of COLOSSUS - the worlds first semi-programmable computer, at Bletchley park, UK during WW2? It used many thermionic valves - before Transistors were invented..... A Repro version, works to this day... Edited September 15, 2018 by bobmeades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menan Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 On 9/6/2018 at 11:08 PM, Achilles said: Anything that requires user input. Is transistors at the heart of it, acting as on and off switches which equate to values (most commonly 1's and 0's)? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpk67YzOn5w Computers do not have components that are more important then the other. Remove the language and nothing happens, enter the language without a CPU, or ram nothing happens. It's analogous to what is more important in you, your brain or heart, or liver or skin. It all has to be there in synchronicity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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