11 Jan
1999
11 Jan
'99
5:31 a.m.
On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Hans Franke wrote:
Gag? Mechanical computers are serious stuff, Hans. Like Danny Hillis'
tinker-toy tic-tic-toe machine:
http://www.yowza.com/classiccmp/toy/tinkertoy.jpg
ObOT: BTW, does anybody know approximately when tit-tat-toe got renamed
tic-tac-toe? Or is a regional thing?
-- Doug
Or an entire
digital computer out of ropes and pulleys?
So, where is the gag ? Just don't forget, the Z1 was entirely
mechanical, to be powered by a crank (if necercary - of course they
prefered th electric motor :). 