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On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 22:51:26 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    In reference, my old uncle wanted to know how it was done at the
>    transistor (or 'valve') level. If he was a bit younger he'd probably
>    have tried to make a CPU out of vacuum tubes

The ENIAC only too 18,000 tubes.