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Making Computers

Making computers requires many boring and tedious processes that consume a lot of effort and take a long time if done in the usual ways, which prompted computer manufacturers to use these processes. There is nothing surprising in the fact that computers make themselves, as may come to mind at first glance, as computers do not make themselves by their own will and awareness, but rather all that matters is that they help human engineers to do tasks that they determine and that computers do not know the nature of.

Automatic connections

The core of the computer is the main processor that performs arithmetic and logical operations and controls the memo and other parts of the computer. Modern computers are mostly made of integrated circuits that are assembled and connected to each other on boards of insulating material with conductors printed by chemical imprinting. These boards are inserted into array sockets installed in

(The automatic connection system used in computer production (left). A complex circuit connected automatically (bottom).

(Automatic connection machine controlled by a computer)

The main structure of the computer and the sockets are connected to each other by wire conductors. The number of printed circuit boards in a single computer may range from a few boards to hundreds of them, and the number of connections between the sockets may reach tens of thousands. The sockets are connected to the wire conductors in a coiling method in many cases, where the wire with a single braid is wrapped around a pin in the socket with sharp ends. The high pressure between the wire and the sharp ends of the pin, resulting from the coiling process, causes the wire to stick together, resulting in a permanent electrical contact.

Since the socket connections in the main structure follow a single pattern in all cases, the computer can be used to make these repeated connections in much less time than it takes human workers. This process begins with the logic circuit designer who prepares the circuit drawings Computer. The tape punch operator transfers the details of the connections in the drawings to a paper tape that is fed into the computer. He scans it and first determines the best way to make these connections in the fastest time and at the lowest cost. The computer then prepares a list of the connections to refer to in the verification phase. It also prepares a paper tape with the necessary instructions to adjust the automatic connection machine. This machine is fed the punched paper tape and makes all the required connections automatically and in the correct sequence.