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From: jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca (Jerry Penner)
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Subject: Re: Tinkertoy and Mechanical Computers
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Date: 12 Jan 91 07:06:36 GMT
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In article <16352@venera.isi.edu> lpress@venera.isi.edu (Laurence I. Press) writes:
>I have seen mention of a tic-tac-toe machine built of Tinkertoys.
>Can someone give me a pointer to an article on this and any other
>machines using unusual components for logic and/or memory?
>
>Larry

Check an issue of Scientific American in the May-August 1988 range.  Or
maybe a little later.  Sorry to be so inconcise.  But it's in the Computer
Recreations sometime in the second half of 1988 if I recall anywhere close
to correctly.

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