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From: gvw@castle.ed.ac.uk (Greg Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Weird Computational Gizmos Wanted
Message-ID: <9849@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 25 Apr 91 11:51:14 GMT
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Organization: Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre
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I am looking for material which describes alternative (*really*
alternative) computational machines like cellular automata the
billiard-ball model the rope-and-pulley model from Dewdney's column in
Scientific American (I think it was April 88) and the like.  The
wackier the better --- TinkerToys slowly-drying cement and soap bubble
computers all welcome. 

Please reply to me directly.  If there are enough replies I will
summarize and re-post. 

Thanks,

Greg Wilson
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gvw@castle.edinburgh.ac.uk