Something I have never been able to find on the Internet: instructions

>Should I ask /g/?

I'll save you the trouble, the answer is
>install gentoo

>>1211813
>Just a non-electronic thing with switches and logic gates and stuff

Does this mean no electricity or just no integrated circuits?

Either way you will be lucky to build something that can add 23 to 47, much less find a square root.

stop being a fag and google it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_computer

even tho there's no bibliography, there's enough links to keep you occupied for months.

>>1211813
>mechanical computer != simple

There is a reason why a first mechanical coputer has been build after the electronic ones.
Unless we are talking about simple calculators.

>>1211813
Define a computer.
Adding machines are simple enough, check out curta for example of compact.
If you have the money you can blow $350 on a piece of plywood called digi-comp that uses marbles to do mathematics but the mechanics can be easily extended to other logic functions.

Familiarise yourself first with how computers actually work from the ground up, combining logic gates to do something useful is the interesting part. Creating a mechanism to mimic the logic is too easy.

>>1211838
> much less find a square root
Square rooter using 480 relays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI8luQnyM9A

>>1211893

I stand corrected. That is awesome.

>>1211841
>There is a reason why a first mechanical coputer has been build after the electronic ones.

What? You're stupid.

That shit goes back to the early 1600's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_calculator

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>>1211984
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_calculator

>calculator
>computer

two different things

>>1212004
Wrongo. A computer is nothing but a calculator with some registers and a few extra functions for automating things.

OP, look up Konrad Zuse and rod logic.