# Building a computer from scratch (and I mean SAND)

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 16, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-computer-from-scratch-and-i-mean-sand/195636 "2003-08-16T20:24:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-computer-from-scratch-and-i-mean-sand/195636/21 "2003-08-17T04:42:42Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ZOmegaZ \*  
> \*\*The original intent of the scenario was indeed that the entire world be dedicated to building this one PC, and all the components thereof, with no other concerns at all. All those involved known exactly what they need to know, and they don’t worry about things like food or economics. \*\*

Bang! Then it’s pretty simple. You skip from bone tools to metal, then start working on the fabrication equipment. Ten years, twenty tops (if you worry about protecting the environment and not just the folks making the PC), till you crank out a PC. Perhaps not even that long, depending upon how much parallel work you can do. (One lathe makes another, which makes another while the first lathe makes something else, etc.)

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