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by lachlan_gray 709 days ago
Not the practical angle, but the book _Code_ by Charles Petzold explains how to make a “computer” out of (a large number of) telegraphs

https://codehiddenlanguage.com/

I love this book because it does so in such a playful and imaginative way that you might not realize you are learning exactly how a computer works. But you are..