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From: jfb@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Jamie Bradford)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Tinkertoy and Mechanical Computers
Summary: Where to find a Life computer.
Message-ID: <3142@naucse.cse.nau.edu>
Date: 12 Jan 91 20:04:08 GMT
References: <16352@venera.isi.edu>
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In article <16352@venera.isi.edu>, lpress@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

In a book titled _The_Recursive_Universe_, the author (whose name I have
forgotten) discusses building a computer out of Life gliders and 
glider guns.  The book is very Life-oriented, and good reading in general.

Jamie Bradford
jfb@naucse.cse.nau.edu