Old pinball machines are amazingly complex
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中文导读
Technology Connections 深度拆解了一台 20 世纪 70 年代的机电式弹珠机，从继电器、步进电机一路讲到纯机械逻辑的运转，展现了在没有计算机的时代如何靠机械构件实现复杂状态机。
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英文原摘要（HackerTube / Claude 整理）
Technology Connections takes a long, detailed look at how a 1970s electromechanical pinball machine works, from relays to stepper motors and mechanical logic. It is the first part of a series.
HN points people to it as a deep dive showing how complex logic was built without computers.
HN 上的提及
I was watching a video [1] about pinball machines the other day
Technology Connections very recently put out a walkthrough of relay-based logic as it applied to a pinball machine
does a great job of explaining how a lot of this stuff can be done mechanically.
It goes horribly in-depth (in a good way).
an amazingly deep dive into the workings of a 1970's model, check out Alec's pinball series on Technology Connections