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Mechanical CPU Clock

Posted by Soulskill on from the time-flies-when-you're-watching-ALUs-flipflop dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I designed this CPU clock to help people learn about how a CPU works. The Mechanical CPU Clock shows the basic building blocks of a CPU (ALU, buses, RAM, registers, and a Control Unit). It executes a set of instructions which will emulate a simple wall clock. A detailed build/explanation is available on instructables.com."

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  1. Slashdotted already by Ellis+D.+Tripp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like he's trying to serve webpages with a mechanical CPU or something....

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  2. Put This on Slashdot TV by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Are you still listening? This is something I would watch on Slashdot TV.

  3. Looks like the youtube clip on it is here by sl4shd0rk · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H4LTOYpAM4

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  4. I have only one question by Hentes · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you use this mechanical CPU to implement a clock, then how do you implement the clock of the CPU?