E.I. Homebuilt Computer (was Re: "Single instance" machines)

From: dave dameron <ddameron_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Fri Dec 11 10:22:13 1998

Hi Doug and all,
At 02:10 PM 12/10/98 -0600, you wrote:
>On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, dave dameron wrote:
>
>> I would be interested in the article. I built the later one (E.I., about
>> 1966) with 60 neon lamps as 6 decade shift register/counters and a rotary
>> telephone dial. This one used 3 12AU7/ECC82 as 6 buffer amps. The diodes in
>> it I used were from scrapped IBM assemblies. I still have some 6V lamps in
>> orange plastic holders from the same scrapyard, used on some IBM panels.
>
>Very cool, Dave! I didn't know about that one. Any chance you can
>pin-point the issue it appeared in?
>
I don't know the exact issue. I have it in a magazine- a collection of E.I.
Articles: "Electronics Illustrated Practical Electronics", by Fawcett, No.
641, copyright 1966. It is a red magazine with a 72 mc radio controlled
system on the cover + "Electronic Computer" + "Low power Transmitter".


>I have the 1960 article, but I haven't built the 1960 machine (yet).
>The nice case alone looks like it would be a coupla hundred bucks to
>replicate today, but I suppose you could just make a bare-board version.
>

-Dave
Received on Fri Dec 11 1998 - 10:22:13 GMT