Acoustic memory in mercury tubes was indeed used by most of first-generation electronic computers (1948-60ish); I love the aesthetic but admit they’re terrible even compared to electromagnetic delay lines. An even better (British) aesthetic would be Turing’s suggestion of using Gin as the acoustic medium...
You have (re)invented delay-line memory!
Acoustic memory in mercury tubes was indeed used by most of first-generation electronic computers (1948-60ish); I love the aesthetic but admit they’re terrible even compared to electromagnetic delay lines. An even better (British) aesthetic would be Turing’s suggestion of using Gin as the acoustic medium...