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From: Don McKenzie on 7 Dec 2009 02:04

And for some Mechanical binary addition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDshWmhF4A

Cheers Don...



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From: Jon Kirwan on 7 Dec 2009 02:48
On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:04:24 +1100, Don McKenzie <5V(a)2.5A> wrote:

>And for some Mechanical binary addition
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDshWmhF4A
>
>Cheers Don...

Hehe. Reminded me of a game called "avalanche." Anyway, thanks for
the link and the new site, woodgears.ca, to look over!

Thanks,
Jon
From: Grant Edwards on 7 Dec 2009 10:34
On 2009-12-07, Don McKenzie <5V(a)2.5A> wrote:
>
> And for some Mechanical binary addition
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDshWmhF4A

I got a kick out of a couple of the comments:


"great exaple of analog computer"


"binary goes to 256, but this example only goes to 63"


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From: Don McKenzie on 7 Dec 2009 13:50
Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2009-12-07, Don McKenzie <5V(a)2.5A> wrote:
>> And for some Mechanical binary addition
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDshWmhF4A
>
> I got a kick out of a couple of the comments:
>
>
> "great exaple of analog computer"
>
>
> "binary goes to 256, but this example only goes to 63"


strangely, the dude that says it's a neat example of analog, also
mentions an overflow condition, that should be considered:

"What a neat example of? analog computing. Needs a bin for the overflow
marble though."

(insert rolly eye icon here)

Cheers Don...



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From: Jim Stewart on 7 Dec 2009 15:35
Don McKenzie wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2009-12-07, Don McKenzie <5V(a)2.5A> wrote:
>>> And for some Mechanical binary addition
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDshWmhF4A
>>
>> I got a kick out of a couple of the comments:
>>
>>
>> "great exaple of analog computer"
>>
>>
>> "binary goes to 256, but this example only goes to 63"
>
>
> strangely, the dude that says it's a neat example of analog, also
> mentions an overflow condition, that should be considered:
>
> "What a neat example of? analog computing. Needs a bin for the overflow
> marble though."
>
> (insert rolly eye icon here)
>
> Cheers Don...

But in any case, he's a lot better woodworker
than me...
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