Book Review: How to Build a Working Digital Computer

From: Max Eskin <max82_at_surfree.com>
Date: Tue Mar 2 15:56:25 1999

On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Doug wrote:
>bunch of bent paperclips on the cover. What the? It goes into details of
>building all the elements of a computer, even core memory, out of
>paperclips!

I have seen books make similar claims, and it was a play of words each
time. What tools do you need to process these paperclips? Is a blast
furnace mentioned somewhere? Seriously, I would like to hear more about it
(could you post the table of contents, maybe?).

--Max Eskin (max82_at_surfree.com)
Received on Tue Mar 02 1999 - 15:56:25 GMT

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