GamingThe Registerabout 6 hours ago
Retired man turns spare room into Soviet-era supercomputer
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A UK resident named Mike built a computer from 460 recycled Soviet-era 6N3P vacuum tubes, totaling 920 thermionic triodes. The machine uses NOR gates, performs 16-bit math, and outputs a 64-bit Fibonacci sequence. It takes 10 to 15 minutes to stabilize after power-on.
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