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A computer from 1948 in ICMP packets

https://github.com/hrvach/babyping

by hrvach • 5 years ago

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EvanAnderson• 5 years ago

ICMP delay-line memory (or, in this case, ICMP Williams tube). That it's used for maintain the state of a simulation of the Manchester Baby is too cool!

See also:

Pingfs – a filesystem where the data is stored only ICMP Echo packets: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9844725

Sorting 1 million 8-decimal-digit numbers with 1 MB of RAM - https://stackoverflow.com/a/13000176

wanderer_• 4 years ago

I saw this somewhere else and then went to submit it... I was brought here, at which time I realized I have already even upvoted it :/

I think I need some sleep.

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