Vintage Computation: The 6047 "Additron"

[MolaKule]

The Rogers 6047 "Additron Tube" was a vacuum tube Binary Adder, but was overshadowed of course by the entry of discrete devices and then later by computational IC's


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsYU2f3Q6kI&feature=youtu.be

 

[talest]

My nostalgia is an Apple IIe

 

[marine65]

I prefer Apple pie.

 

[atikovi]

10 minutes of a guy twiddling a tube between his fingers?

 

[Papa Bear]

Mola, do you have your "Fran Lab" T-shirt on ??

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted by atikovi
10 minutes of a guy twiddling a tube between his fingers?

It's certainly no worse than seeing these guys buy some obsolete computer off of eBay and then struggling to figure out how the thing works.