Simon, was paper -> HTML (and The First PC)

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Wed Dec 30 14:51:00 1998

On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, dave dameron wrote:

> > http://www.yowza.com/classiccmp/berkeley/simon.gif
> >
> Very interesting. Are the approx. 6 rows X 20 "modules" relays? Looks like
> something that could be built without too much difficulty.
> I assume you have it to have made the scanned image. Have you powered it?

I don't have one, and I don't hold out much hope of finding one. The
scans are from a 1956 report from Edmund Berkeley on the status of
Berkeley Enterprises computer and robot products and projects.

Simon is relay-based and includes a paper tape reader. Plans to build it
as a kit were published, but I don't have a copy yet.

-- Doug
Received on Wed Dec 30 1998 - 14:51:00 GMT

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