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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: 26 Mar 2025 01:52:02 GMT
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:54:49 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    Good stuff ... but it is, what would you call it ... 'active',
>    'class-a', fluidic logic. Seems to require a constant flow thru the
>    specially-designed chamber. For a full CPU we'd be talking a huge
>    amount of water flow.

Not all fluids are water.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10413662/

I don't know what fluid was used in FLODAC. It was comprised of 250 NOR 
gates. I think I've mentioned in my adventures with the Square D Norpak 
login that you can do anything with enough NOR gates, including losing 
your ever loving mind.