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#hnfpaderborn

The Z80 was a German invention, after all! 😂

#z80 #zuse #retrocomputing #hnfpaderborn

Zuse Z80 “Elektronenschrank” in the HNF in Paderborn

Ab zum #hnfpaderborn
Bin gespannt, wie ich das in 2025 für meine #Azubis für die Ausbildung nutzen kann. #fisi #fiae

Here's a rebuild of a part of #CharlesBabbage's #DifferenceEngineNumberTwo, by the team led by #DononSwade at London's #ScienceMuseum. It implements an adder.

Interestingly, the exhibit includes a foot-operated metal lathe from 1910, likely closely modelled on the type of lathe that Babbage commissioned 70 years earlier. It was capable of achieving tolerances of 0.1mm.

#HNF #HNFPaderborn #ExtremeRetroComputing

Two horizontal brass plates enclose a space slightly smaller than a domestic microwave. Five vertical axles are mounted on the plates. Two of them contain stacks of two or four cogs, each tooth numbered from 0 to 9 in a recurring pattern. Two axles contain cams, and one axle contains both cogs and cams.

A desk-sized metal lathe built from cast metal. The workbench resembles a modern hobbyist wood lathe. All the spinning parts are exposed. The lower part has a wooden treadle and a metal flywheel about the size of a racing bicycle wheel, mounted on the left side of the bench. I guess the flywheel weighs ten kilos or more.

Get hands-on with a #Brunsviga while following short instructional videos at the #HNFPaderborn.

#AnalogRetroComputing

The RoboX, built by #BlueBotics in #Switzerland was designed for fairs and trade shows.

The #robot, however, looks directly out of #Raumpatrouille Orion.

#hnf #hnfpaderborn #hnfpb #paderborn

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