Questions tagged [delay-lines]
For questions about delay lines, components that extend the amount of time a signal takes to travel from one place to another.
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CRT-Screen-Compact-Desktop-Calculators of the 60's, could versions of this tech have been made as word-processors or even video-games? [closed]
CRT-Screen-Compact-Desktop-Calculators of the 60's, could versions of this tech have been made as word-processors or even video-games?
Word-Processors - How difficult would it have been to save what ...
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Why did the EDSAC use mercury delay lines?
In this video about the EDSAC replica, he talks about the mercury delay lines which were used in the original EDSAC machine. They're unreliable, toxic, and relatively expensive.
Delay lines can also ...
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