17 Dec
1998
17 Dec
'98
9:02 a.m.
None of the *computers* I've seen have full
Turing-machine power. It's
that damn infinite tape on the Turing machine that makes it such a
kick-butt machine :-)
Well, OK, you're right. None of the toys I've seen have been actual modern
von Neumann machines as we know them. There. Is that general enoguh for
you? Seriously, I'm still interested in building a mechanical "real
computer".
Many of the early toy/personal/home computers I know
of have already been
mentioned here, but there's one in particular that hasn't and will blow
you away with both it's "specs" and the effect it had on computing as we
know it today.
[More organ music. Fade to black again.]
Are you in cahoots with Sam "see the VCF web page" Ismail?
-- Derek