On 24 Nov 2008 at 17:30, William Blair wrote:
(My brain
wants to say it was "how to build a working digital
computer", but I could be wrong there). I wonder if anyone ever
actually built one that worked? :-)
Your brain is not leading you astray. That's the book. Here's the PDF version:
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/paperClipComputer/HowToBuildAWorkingDigitalCom…
Wow, that player-piano style drum unit caused a dormant neuron to
twitch. Wasn't there a commercial "educational computer" that was
the spitting image of this thing, but all in a single big long unit?
Pretty much about the same time period as the Heathkit analog
computer, maybe?
Cheers,
Chuck