occasionally reminded of my desire to one day make an entire 8-bit cpu out of relays and yet that is extraordinarily impractical and expensive

relays don't come cheap

sure $1 each might seem fairly cheap but a functional 8-bit cpu will need several hundred minimum, possibly a few thousand

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@Felthry If you want to go cheaper and still do silly things with relays you can build a little class A-B amp and use a relay as a speaker! They last a surprisingly long time! :)

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