This blog post about making a volvelle (aka wheel chart) is really nice. Unlike most volvelles, this one isn’t getting scientific results. Yet it’s still fun. Those things fascinate me: calculating results without computers and often without needing the user to do any arithmetic.
https://kellianderson.com/blog/2013/10/14/the-existential-calculator/
a #PaperComputer site about the little man computer, this one talks about extending the instruction set and developing a higher level language from it
chris staecker has a youtube playlist covering three kinds of #PaperComputer
the know-how, the little man, and the instructo
little man only needs paper and pencil and has a neat simple memory model
instructo also requires crafting
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLFpXNanTP9XToniZt6v0jQVvs9_DiPmy
summary about the know-how and cardiac paper computers linked
the know-how computer is nice because all you need is a piece of paper and pencil, but it's very limited
cardiac has a bigger instruction set but requires some crafting to build
petes_bread_eqn_xls
Nick