> > 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?
Don't our "Queen's English" friends (uk and au) call it "naughts and
crosses"?
Received on Mon Jan 11 1999 - 14:08:42 GMT
