Comment by carapace
5 years ago
Me neither. I like it but the limiting factor on post-apocalyptic digital electronics will be access to datasheets, eh?
It would be interesting to build a minimal useful CPU out of fluidics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluidics
Definitely. Or mechanical logic gates. But the surface area would very quickly become an issue for such a project, and you'd need to assume only a certain few tools.
True. I wonder what kind of computations people would need to do that would make it worthwhile to make big, slow computers?
I bet it would be easier to make up "sacred dances" that incorporated processing in the motions of the dancers.
And let's not forget that a human with an abacus can do a great deal of the math required for everyday life. :-)