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From: fwb@demon.siemens.com (Frederic W. Brehm)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: LEGOs -- computationally complete?
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Date: 4 Oct 89 14:38:25 GMT
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>I vaguely recall an article (Scientific American, perhaps?) from a few
>years ago that talked about mechanical computers, ...

>quick scan of Dewdney's columns over the last three years might
>provide a clue.

I vaguely recall (:-) that there is an article in the current Scientific
American on a tic-tac-toe playing tinker-toy computer.  There is also a
tinker-toy computer on display in the Computer Museum in Boston.

Fred
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