Old mainframe computers are interesting, especially to those of us who weren’t around to see them in action. We sit with old-timers and listen to their stories of the good ol’ days. They tell us about ...

The polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), in addition to independently inventing calculus, also invented binary arithmetic, the representational basis for today’s digital computing. This is ...

The awesome Digirule 2U is a small 8-bit programmable binary computer created by developer Bradley Slattery. Launched via Kickstarter this month, the project is coming to the end of its campaign with ...

Including transistor-level implementations, this comprehensive book offers a friendly presentation of the fundamental principles and practices of modern digital design, as well as complete, realistic, ...

Base-2 system helped to simplify calculations centuries before Europeans rediscovered it. Binary arithmetic, the basis of all virtually digital computation today, is usually said to have been invented ...