On Sep 14, 2006, at 8:22 PM, Daniel Stenning wrote:
They even a working mechanical "analogue" computer -
We have it all so easy these days.
When I was a young lad of 11, I got a small plastic mechanical
computer called the DigiComp I:
http://www.computermuseum.li/Testpage/Digicomp-Kit-1963.htm
You could program it to count up and down and demonstrate simple
boolean logic - based games. Not a bad deal for $10 bucks a the time
(mid - 60's)
Memories...
:-)
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