On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Hans Franke wrote:
> > Or an entire digital computer out of ropes and pulleys?
>
> So, where is the gag ? Just don't forget, the Z1 was entirely
> mechanical, to be powered by a crank (if necercary - of course they
> prefered th electric motor :).
Gag? Mechanical computers are serious stuff, Hans. Like Danny Hillis'
tinker-toy tic-tic-toe machine:
http://www.yowza.com/classiccmp/toy/tinkertoy.jpg
ObOT: BTW, does anybody know approximately when tit-tat-toe got renamed
tic-tac-toe? Or is a regional thing?
-- Doug
Received on Mon Jan 11 1999 - 13:31:53 GMT
