Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On 3/25/25 9:52 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:54:49 -0400, c186282 wrote:
 

    Good stuff ... but it is, what would you call it ... 'active',
    'class-a', fluidic logic. Seems to require a constant flow thru the
    specially-designed chamber. For a full CPU we'd be talking a huge
    amount of water flow.

 Not all fluids are water.

   Of COURSE they are ... HYDraulics !!!  :-)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10413662/
 I don't know what fluid was used in FLODAC. It was comprised of 250 NOR
gates. I think I've mentioned in my adventures with the Square D Norpak
login that you can do anything with enough NOR gates, including losing
your ever loving mind.

   Some kind of light oil may have been the better
   choice ... but not TOO thick.
   As for doing everything with NOR gates, yea, you'll
   go bonkers eventually and wind up posting on usenet ...