Once you’ve seen this beauty of a relay computer in action, you’ll find it hard to resist the lure of building something similar yourself. Once you’ve seen this beauty of a relay computer in action, ...

If you study the history of computing you might have heard of the FACOM 128B, a Japanese relay computer from 1958. It holds the distinction of being a contender for the oldest computer that still ...

We all know you can build a computer out of relays, and if you’re a regular reader of Hackaday, you’ve probably seen a few. Actually designing and fabricating a computer built around relays is another ...

This mini-series of articles describes how to build a computer’s CPU (central processing unit) out of relays. “Y” in English sounds like “guay” in Spanish (my mother tongue), a colloquial expression ...

Fujitsu today announced that Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science has decided to register its FACOM128B relay-type automatic computer (1) as "Essential Historical Materials for Science and ...

TOKYO, Aug 21, 2018 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu today announced that Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science has decided to register its FACOM128B relay-type automatic computer(1) as "Essential ...

Nearly 70 years ago in September 1947, computer operators discovered what would eventually be known as the first actual computer bug. The bug, found 66 years ago on September 9 in a Mark II Aiken ...