25 Jan
2006
25 Jan
'06
12:55 p.m.
On Tuesday 24 January 2006 08:14 pm, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 1/24/2006 at 10:18 PM ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk
wrote:
I'd like to see a schematic of that one, if it exists...
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
How about using uniselectors and having decimal
(or octal) memory ?
I suppose you might also include some Strowger switches for address
decoding...
Back when I was in high school (a very long time ago), a fellow built a
tic-tac-toe "computer" using stepping relays and other telephone gear,
including a rotary dial where one input one's move. (only 9 possibilities,
so that was convenient). The contraption would make its own move in
response. Readout was a 3x3 grid of 25W incandescent lamps.
It was fun to watch.