On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Tony Duell wrote:
So are
Tinker Toys but I passed that stage long ago.
Never haard of it, but I sure
haven't grown out of Meccano or Fischer
Technik....
Rods and hubs.
Oh right... Come to mention it, didn't A.K. Dewdney write about a
mechanical computer built using it.
Good for molecule models, etc., but not as versatile
as an "Erector Set".
^^^^^^^^^^^
I believe that's similar to the English Meccano system. Metal strips, plates,
rods, etc that you bolt together.
I truely pity
anyoe who regards drinking alcohol, women, sports, TV (at
least the TV we get over here), (watching) movies as being more
interesting than constructing anything.
The right women can be.
Yes, but how meany single women are there who would put up with me, and
who are actually interested in reading microcode source listings :-)
-tony