On Sep 14, 2006, at 9:01 PM, Joseph Nastasi wrote:
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...
:-)
And a couple of years later (God, I HATE when I get on these tech
nostalgia trips), I received a Geniac computer kit (about $20) This
was introduced in 1955 and was basically allowed you to have switched
based logic that lit lamps for output. You actually created these
rotating switches with masonite discs on a masonite base and wired
them to produce various logic combinations. It was a pain (then
again so was the Digicomp) but I thought it was very cool. The first
program I wired was a "Spacecraft Airlock Controller." Little did I
know how long that theme would last...
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1re4o/geniac.html
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