The scans and CD-ROM don't ring a bell for me (and I didn't see any
reference in the archives). Are you sure you're not thinking of the
Mark-8 scans and CD-ROM Jim Willing produced a while back?
-- Doug
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Marvin Johnston wrote:
>
> I have the original plans for Simon. They were scanned a few years ago
> and made available to listmembers on CD-ROM, but I don't know where the
> scans are at this point. Doug also has the plans and I *thought* he had
> made them available on the web. Someone had gotten copies of the plans
> from IIRC the Babbage Institute, but they were prohibited from
> distributing them. Check the ClassicCmp Archives for more information.
>
> Tony Eros wrote:
> >
> > Are there any Simon construction plans floating around?
> >
> > -- Tony
> >
> > At 01:01 PM 4/9/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> > >On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> > >
> > > > Are you talking about the 1950s Simon "electronic brain"?
> > > >
> > > > Some people are silly and lazy. If they would do the research, they would
> > > > find that the Simon was a construction project. So it's not like you're
> > > > going to find a mass produced, commercially sold variant. You're only
> > > > likely, if you're incredibly lucky, to find some hobbyists rats nest of
> > > > wires and relays.
> > >
> > >Like this one?
> > > http://www.widomaker.com/~cswiger/simon/index.html
> > >
> > >-- Doug
>
Received on Tue Apr 09 2002 - 13:38:20 BST