Millihertz 5 Mechanical Computer

Picture of Millihertz 5 / Offspring in Februrary 2022
Picture of Millihertz 5 / Offspring in Februrary 2022

Millihertz 5 or 'Offspring' is a mechanical computer modelled on the Manchester small-scale experimental machine ('Baby'). It uses ball bearings as data elements. It has an 8x8 bit RAM and 8-bit datapath with subtractor and accumulator. It is currently under construction. There are some design documents available: a PDF: Offspring PDF or Pandoc-rendered HTML: Offspring HTML.

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