Wooden Computer. Sort of

[craigb]

Stumbled upon this on the web.

http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/wood-computer-of-sorts-142173.php

[Driver]

That really appeals to me! Very clever and very impressive.

[Ianab]

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1899276,00.asp

Click on the slideshow for the whole mob of pictures.

Wouldn't fit my decor, but it's nice woodwork and a real PC.

Now if only he could get rid of the spagetti junction at the back. I notice that for the photos he's cheated and only has the power cord connected. No VGA, network, keyboard, mouse, speakers, camera, scanner, etc.:o

But it is pretty cool :)

Ian

[Auld Bassoon]

Stumbled upon this on the web.

http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/wood-computer-of-sorts-142173.php

Hi Craig!

Love it - methinks I'll have to build something similar and freak out the folks at the orifice:D

Cheers!

[zenwood]

A very cool idea. His joinery and execution are very impressive.

But here (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Schoty_abacus.jpg/518px-Schoty_abacus.jpg) is a computer that even has wooden components.

[craigb]

A very cool idea. His joinery and execution are very impressive.

But here (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Schoty_abacus.jpg/518px-Schoty_abacus.jpg) is a computer that even has wooden components.

:)

Can't surf the web with that one though.
:)

[zenwood]

Can't surf the web with that one though. Sure you can: just need an interface to the modem and display, beef up the RAM a bit, and you've got a universal Turing machine with a von Neumann architecture. Of course, it would take you about 50 years of fingering the beads to download and render one page of the EBWW forum: I didn't say it was fast:)

[Auld Bassoon]

A very cool idea. His joinery and execution are very impressive.

But here (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Schoty_abacus.jpg/518px-Schoty_abacus.jpg) is a computer that even has wooden components.

Ahh! That would be the US$100 one being touted by the UN (?), and so derided by Mr Barrett of Intel (wonder why?:D )

How do you install MS Word :confused:

Cheers!

[zenwood]

For a real computer made of wood, behold the TinkerToy noughts and crosses computer, now on display at the Boston Science Museum. (One of the few designs using a three-dimensional layout.)

A description is here:

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cfs/472_html/Intro/TinkertoyComputer/TinkerToy.html (http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/%7Ecfs/472_html/Intro/TinkertoyComputer/TinkerToy.html)