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A 460-Vacuum-Tube Computer Shows What Modern Laptops Hide

A 460-Vacuum-Tube Computer Shows What Modern Laptops Hide

460 vintage 6N3P vacuum tubes from the 1950s and 1960s power Mike’s Tube Computer MK3, a working 8-bit machine built from 46 modules across a 190 by 130 cm panel. It uses 920 triodes wired into NOR logic and runs a 16-instruction set after a 15-minute warm-up, trading practicalit

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